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Meanwhile, Gun Violence Still Soars In Chicago

Mike

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More than 50 people were shot over another violent weekend in Chicago, a level of violence that has marked many of the summer weekends this year and has pushed the total number of people shot in the city to more than 2,600.

The number of people shot during all of last year was 2,988.

Between Friday evening and early Monday morning, at least 52 were shot and nine of them were killed, according to police. The weekend before, 49 people were shot, nine of them fatally. And the weekend before that, 52 people were shot, seven of them fatally.

The month of July saw 65 fatal shootings, the most for a July in the city since 2006. Last Monday nine people were shot to death, the deadliest day in Chicago since 2003.

The deadliest period over this past weekend was between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday when five people were killed and at least 19 others were wounded.

Among the deaths was the son of a Chicago police officer. Arshell Dennis III, 19. He was with a 20-year-old man who was wounded outside a house in the 2900 block of West 82nd Street when someone approached and fired shots around 12:05 a.m. Sunday, police said.

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Dennis, who was to return to college in New York later Sunday, was shot in the chest. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m. at Little Company of Mary Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Three people were shot to death and at least seven others were wounded on the first night of the weekend, between 9 p.m. Friday and early Saturday.

At least 16 people were shot Sunday into early Monday. One of the victims was a 6-year-old girl who was shot in the arm around 9:10 p.m. outside her home in the 12300 block of South Perry Avenue. She was taken to Roseland Community Hospital in good condition, police said.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters Monday morning that he spent a "good portion" of his weekend grieving with the elder Dennis, who is his friend.

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In his nearly 30 years with the Police Department, Johnson said he's seen far too many parents like Dennis whose children won't be coming home.

"Quite frankly, I'm just sick of it," Johnson said at a news conference at police headquarters. "There's no other way to describe it. I'm just sick of it."

Johnson noted that many of the weekend's shooting victims had arrest records. Dennis was an exception, he said.

"I for one am just tired of it, and I'm tired of seeing African-American men robbed of the opportunity for a prosperous future," Johnson said.
 

Mike

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Just read the other day some research was done on who is the most law abiding segment of the U.S. population. It just so happens that concealed carry permittees hold that title.
 

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