Commentary: Young Black men in areas of Chicago, Philly more likely to die from guns than troops in battle – Chicago Sun-Times

"Young men living there (Garfield Park, zip code 60624) were 3.23 times more likely to die from a bullet than U.S. service members deployed to Afghanistan. Sixty-six young men were shot dead during 2020 and 2021. Moreover, survivors of this violence bear the burden of it for the whole time they live in these neighborhoods. In contrast, the average deployment is less than 12 months."
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Nostradamus
2 years ago

Keep voting for Leftist scum like Kim Foxx and BJ and this is what you should expect! Like the black hero Barrack Obama said,” Elections have consequences!”

Riverbender
2 years ago

And because of these gun related crimes by black inner city males everyone across the USA is supposed to have their guns confiscated

debtsor
2 years ago
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They’re not trying to confiscate your guns.They know these laws won’t do a darn thing to stop ‘gun violence’. They know you won’t comply. In fact, they don’t want you to comply. That’s because the REAL goal of gun grabber laws is to turn YOU, the deplorable, into a criminal. If you own an unregistered gun (and most conservatives probably will) then they can make you a criminal, deplorable. And a criminal with an unregistered gun is a threat that can be eliminated, violated, thrown in prison, destroyed. The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Bob Morgan, of Deerfield, was asked… Read more »

debtsor
2 years ago

We should be drafting these young men to fight in Ukraine.

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