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Chicago is reeling once again after a bloody Labor Day weekend left 54 people shot and seven killed across the city.
One of the latest incidents, a drive-by in Bronzeville, saw seven people wounded after gunmen sprayed bullets into a crowd near 35th and South State Street.
Commentator Colion Noir says the situation has gone beyond crisis level. He points out that while Chicago leaders downplay the emergency, the body count keeps rising.
In his words, politics comes first—and public safety comes second.
National Guard Debate
The surge in shootings reignited calls for federal assistance.
President Trump suggested sending in the National Guard, but Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker flatly rejected the idea, saying troops only belong in U.S. cities during an insurrection or true emergency.
Noir criticized that stance, arguing that 54 people shot in a weekend is the very definition of an emergency.
Even Chicago residents disagree with their leaders.
Noir highlighted a CNN interview with a young woman who said she wanted the Guard in her neighborhood to restore security, noting that defunding the police has left the city feeling even less safe.
Concentrated Violence, Skewed Numbers
Noir also pointed to data showing how a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for a huge share of gun homicides. Chicago, he said, is one of those hot spots driving national gun violence statistics.
That reality, he argues, proves that enforcing existing laws in high-crime areas would save lives far more effectively than blanket national gun control.
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Instead, politicians inflate Chicago’s violence into a nationwide crisis to justify broader restrictions on law-abiding gun owners.
Noir calls this hypocrisy—leaders telling citizens they don’t need firearms for protection while failing to control violence in their own backyards.
Politics Over People
For Noir, the bottom line is clear: Chicago’s politicians are using crime as a political football rather than addressing it directly.
They refuse federal help, fail to deploy the resources they already have, and continue pushing new gun control laws that target citizens instead of criminals.
As he frames it, you can’t count on the government to keep you safe when they’re more concerned with control than saving lives.
For gun owners, the lesson is the same one Noir has hammered home for years—your safety starts with you, not the politicians.
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The Mayor and the Governor spew numbers that crime is down in the city.
The old saying “ Figures never lie but liars figure”. Just the same old same old nonsense from Illinois Politicians that don’t know their rear ends from fat meat!!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – I have NO sympathy for any of the people living in these deep blue cities and states. Why – because they are directly to blame for voting for these ‘demoncratic’ politicians that promote nothing but total anarchy without concern for the citizenry. Pritzker and that POS mayor of Chicago are prime examples. But no doubt you dems will re-elect them without fore thought just because they call themselves a democrat and not a republican.😏
Maybe you dems should concentrate on how you plan to celebrate the life of your ‘little Johnny’ when another hood-rat lets the air out of him. You know deep down in your heart it’s going to happen, probably before they reach adulthood. How’s about burgers, hotdogs, and a purple & red balloon release at the community park, all the while holding “Stop the violence” signs? 🤔
Prickster and johnson have already violated Federal immigration laws They are felons. Yet they walk free. What does that tell you? The DOJ is full of shit. It’s all just smoke and mirrors.
Typical federal holiday for that city. Parts of that primitive hellhole ought to be cordoned off- forever.
Everything is fine nothing to see here according to that clown J.B Prickster.
it’s not about lives saved or lost, that is unimportant, it’s about an agenda and control that supports communism!