Student shot outside Chicago high school

[mugsy]

Interesting coincidence...we've had 6 homicides in 2 days here in Fort Wayne. They are saying there's no correlation, but, I'm not buying it. All of the people killed were late teens or early 20's. All of them are concentrated in the same area. I mentioned to a friend last night I figured they were related and they needed to look to see where there was increased gang activity in either Chicago or Detroit. The gangbangers at school were restless last week too.

The area where this boy was killed is big gang area too...at least that's what my Chicago contacts say and what I know of the area from going to Cubs games years ago.

A world without guns would be a beautiful place (although they would find something else to use, I'm sure), but, it's not going away...if the legal guns go away, the illegal ones will increase...yes, it's true...I am a cynic.

[cassiesmom]

So I went to Osco (24-hour pharmacy) last night to pick up a prescription. It's inside the Jewel supermarket. On my way out I passed a kid with his baseball cap tilted way over to the side, ultra-baggy pants and a really bumpin ride waiting for him in front of the store. I just wanted to tell him to straighten his cap, pull up his pants and tell his driver to turn the music down. I didn't say a word, just kept walking and minding my business. But I see kids like that and then I wonder why I get my tinsel in a tangle over this whole issue. I guess I want to see the onus put back on the community to help with the problem instead of expecting the legislature and law enforcement to do it all.