Shooting at Chicago Basketball Court Wounds 13

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Neighbors had gathered in a city park to watch a late-night basketball game, when gunfire sent them running for their lives. Police say suspected gang members opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle.

Who would have imagined that a late night basketball game in a city park in Chicago could become the scene of violence?

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While miraculously no one died, 13 people were wounded -- including three-year-old Deonta Howard, who was shot in the head but is expected to recover.

He'll be tested for Wolverine-esque mutant powers once he recovers.

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"He doing fine. He healthy. He breathing on his own," said Kailynn Jordan, the boy's aunt. "There's nothing wrong with him. The bullet didn't hit his brain. It just hit his cheek."

Oh.

Well then he's just being a pussy.

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Children on bikes, scooters or just riding in cars with their parents have been shot this year. Eighteen of them -- 15 years old or younger -- were killed. And three of them were under 6.

Making Damascus only slightly safer than Chicago.

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"Illegal guns. Illegal guns. Illegal guns drive violence," said Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. "And military-type weapons like the one we believe to have been used in this shooting belong on a battlefield, not on a street or a corner or a park."

Clearly the only option is to make MORE guns illegal, thereby ridding ourselves of the problem of illegal guns.

Or something.

Wanna hear the funniest part?

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With more cops on the street, using detailed block-by-block intelligence, Chicago's rate of gun violence is actually down 23 percent this year.

This is an improvement.  

Request this be moved to the Shooting thread. It's there for a reason, damn it. It's still on the front page!

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It's there for a terrible reason, so that fucking idiots (IE rachel) can post TOTALLY non-newsworthy incidents and act like it's the end of the world. If it's not worthy of its own thread, it's not worth posting.