Chicago handgun ban success story: 20 shot last night, 3 fatally

What's that old saying? "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"? Well, liberals: it's called a truism because it's, eh, true.

Say, how's that Chicago handgun ban working out for you, schmucks?

At least three people were killed and at least 17 others wounded, including nine teenagers, in shootings across the city late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

- Two sisters were shot in the head...

- A man was shot in his chest and possibly stabbed...

- A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across from the Lake View High School...

- A boy and a girl, both aged 17, were shot at about 2:15 a.m...

- A 25-year-old man was shot in his back at 71st and Halsted Avenue Street at about 2:15 a.m...

- A 56-year-old man was shot in the 4100 block of West Adams Street...

- A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 13200 block of South Langley Avenue...

- A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back...

- At about 12:30 a.m., a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 2600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue...

- A 41-year-old man was shot in his forearm, buttocks and suffered a graze wound to his head...

- A 24-year-old man was shot in the 8400 block of South Carpenter Street...

- A 17-year-old boy was shot in his neck while sitting in a car at a stop light...

- A 37-year-old man was shot in his groin in the 800 block of North Noble Street at about 10 p.m....

- Two other boys, age 16 and 17, were shot as they left a restaurant...

- A 15-year-old was accidentally shot in the 7900 block of South Christiana Avenue ...

Curiously, cities where law-abiding citizens can freely carry concealed weapons appear to be experiencing considerably less gun violence.

Which is just more evidence that liberalism is the philosophy of the stupid.

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CA: Shots fired to chase off trucks: "Jeffrey Chapman, 20, and Guy Olsen, 50, were both arrested Friday for assault with a deadly weapon after each allegedly ramed their cousin with the trucks they were driving. Shots were fired by the victim in self defense -- prompting 911 calls in the area -- but no one was injured. As the victim drove to the house, he saw a truck behind him being driven by his cousin, Chapman, the sergeant reported. The suspect was driving very fast and, “without making an attempt to stop, slammed his truck into the rear of the victim's vehicle at approximately 40 miles per hour,” the sergeant reported. The victim saw a second truck, driven by Olsen, also his cousin, approaching “at a high rate of speed aiming directly for his vehicle,” the sergeant reported. Olsen’s truck also slammed into the victim’s vehicle. Fearing for his life, the victim fired three rounds then sped off in an attempt to get away, the sergeant reported. The victim made it back to his house, where he was able to call 911."


TX: Clerk Shoots robber in Fuel Station: "Two people were wounded, including a clerk, during a shootout at a southeast Houston fuel station. Police say two people ran into the Valero station on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Bellfort Avenue and tried to rob the store with two clerks on duty. One of the two suspects started firing gunshots upon entering the store building. One clerk was shot in the leg while police say the other clerk found a gun and shot one of the robbery suspects twice. The suspects fled from the store to a house nearby. The wounded suspect was taken to a hospital while police are searching for the other suspect."


MT: Armed pharmacist foils Lolo robbery attempt: "An 80-year-old Montana pharmacist and Army veteran foiled a robbery attempt by pulling "a big, black pistol" on a masked man demanding prescription painkillers. Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Johnson said the robber screamed and ran out the door of a Lolo pharmacy toward U.S. Highway 93 on Thursday afternoon. The suspect was seeking oxycodone. He did not display a weapon."