{"id":129673,"date":"2020-06-04T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=129673"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:56:23","slug":"chicago-do-not-take-matters-into-your-own-hands-call-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/chicago-do-not-take-matters-into-your-own-hands-call-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor to Gun Owners: \u2018Do Not Take Matters Into Your Own Hands. 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But I urge people to show restraint and do not take matters into your own hands,\u201d she continued. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Problem with that advice is that even under normal circumstances when seconds count, police are minutes away &#8212; but these are exigent circumstances and the reality is that Chicago\u2019s finest may be hours away, if they can make it at all. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lightfoot admitted that over the weekend law enforcement was overwhelmed with the volume of service calls it received.&nbsp; On Sunday alone 911 dispatchers received 65,000 calls, about 1,000-2,000 calls every 30 minutes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/st-louis-police-ask-for-help-retired-capt-david-dorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"chicago-do-not-take-matters-into-your-own-hands-call-the-police\" title=\"Chicago Mayor to Gun Owners: \u2018Do Not Take Matters Into Your Own Hands. Call the Police\u2019\">St. Louis Police Ask For Help Finding Looters Who Murdered Retired Capt. David Dorn<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Police Department was responding to these calls as best they could with a significant amount of additional resources on the South and the West sides,\u201d the mayor explained. \u201cThe challenge was it was everywhere. Everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo if we had a police department four times the size it would have been difficult to keep up with the calls for service yesterday. Now, I know that\u2019s cold comfort, but I want to be clear that we didn\u2019t stand by and let the South and the West Side burn as, unfortunately, some people are propagating. That\u2019s just not true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Lightfoot is essentially instructing the law-abiding people of Chicago to be victims &#8212; as opposed to armed self-defenders.  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