I live just west of Chicago. A few days ago a little 14 year old girl was killed by some thug. She was sitting on the steps of her home in the early evening and he drove by and shot her with an AK-47. Turns out it may have been a domestic dispute. Story is still developing.

The outrage is tremendous.

Not about the thug culture that exists in the south side of Chicago
Not at the limited police efforts in controlling the thugs (a Policy of as long as they don’t kill white folks It’s OK)
Not at the thugs themselves

No the real outrage is at the Assault Weapons. "This wouldn’t happen if assault weapons were outlawed," the people say.

Except in the city of Chicago they already are. And statewide automatic weapons are illegal.

And it’s nearly impossible to get a handgun permit in Chicago.

I wonder if the thugs who shot this little girl had a FOID (Firearms Owners Identification Document) on them. This is an Illinois thing. It’s basically registering guns. I wonder if the guy who shot her was background checked when he bought the rifle.

I was driving down Roosevelt Road in Chicago a few years ago and a kid who couldn’t have been more than 14 walked across the road in front of my car carrying a .357 magnum pistol in plain sight. I’m glad I didn’t honk at him to get out of my way.

But the liberals in Chicago (and there are plenty) will holler about assault weapons. What is an assault weapon? In the wrong hands a baseball bat is an assault weapon, a rolling pin is an assault weapon, my fists can be an assault weapon. The truth is the paucity of the liberal program to fix the wrong problem and ignore the real one means they really believe that gun control solves the problem.

It’s like changing the tire because the car won’t start.