As you read this story keep in mind the irony of this prposal considering that in recent months we've read and seen
documented proof that the army is full of gang members who go for combat training then return to teach members how to use what they learned on the streets..
My oh my How America eats its you and its young eats them..
Davey D
CHICAGO -- As Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed a new law that will put in place tougher penalties for selling guns to minors, he also announced he's got a new idea to help combat the violence that Chicago is experience: he's talking to the Illinois State Police and the National Guard to see if they could help.
The summer of 2008 will be remembered as especially violent. Blagojevich said there's been a child shot nearly every day since June 26. Bringing in state troopers -- even National Guard helicopters to high-crime areas -- is still very much in the planning stages."It might be able to free up some resources that the Chicago police uses for capital needs, to be able, to maybe to, hire more police officers, or possibly ask some to come out of retirement, to put them into these violent zones, hot zones, where, clearly, I think, part of the challenge is that gangbangers outnumber police officers five to one," Blagojevich said.The governor said Chicago Mayor Richard Daley hasn't asked for help, but Blagojevich said he'll call the mayor once he has some concrete suggestions about what help he can provide. He didn't have many specifics, but he said it's more likely that state police will be brought in than the National Guard.
We're obviously not going to turn away help on a front as important as this, at the same time we're a little puzzled about how it would work," Daley spokesman Jackie Heard said in a statement. "It's unprecedented, obviously, help in the form of reducing the number of guns on the street go a long way to addressing the problem."The governor is tied to his hope of passing a capitol spending bill that would free up even more resources to hire additional police.The bill signed Wednesday puts the adult who provides a gun to a minor in the same legal hot water as the minor who uses it to commit a crime.The bill signed Wednesday means that adults who sell or give guns to minors are eligible for the same sentence as minors convicted of violent crimes -- including murder -- in which they used the weapon.Before the law was signed, the maximum sentence an adult could get for providing a gun to a minor -- whether it's used in a crime or not -- was seven years.Senator Kwame Raoul sponsored the bill after a spate of shooting deaths of Chicago school children.Supporters of the bill said they hope the possibility of a stiffer sentence will make adults think twice about handing over guns to minors.
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Davey D
CHICAGO -- As Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed a new law that will put in place tougher penalties for selling guns to minors, he also announced he's got a new idea to help combat the violence that Chicago is experience: he's talking to the Illinois State Police and the National Guard to see if they could help.
The summer of 2008 will be remembered as especially violent. Blagojevich said there's been a child shot nearly every day since June 26. Bringing in state troopers -- even National Guard helicopters to high-crime areas -- is still very much in the planning stages."It might be able to free up some resources that the Chicago police uses for capital needs, to be able, to maybe to, hire more police officers, or possibly ask some to come out of retirement, to put them into these violent zones, hot zones, where, clearly, I think, part of the challenge is that gangbangers outnumber police officers five to one," Blagojevich said.The governor said Chicago Mayor Richard Daley hasn't asked for help, but Blagojevich said he'll call the mayor once he has some concrete suggestions about what help he can provide. He didn't have many specifics, but he said it's more likely that state police will be brought in than the National Guard.
We're obviously not going to turn away help on a front as important as this, at the same time we're a little puzzled about how it would work," Daley spokesman Jackie Heard said in a statement. "It's unprecedented, obviously, help in the form of reducing the number of guns on the street go a long way to addressing the problem."The governor is tied to his hope of passing a capitol spending bill that would free up even more resources to hire additional police.The bill signed Wednesday puts the adult who provides a gun to a minor in the same legal hot water as the minor who uses it to commit a crime.The bill signed Wednesday means that adults who sell or give guns to minors are eligible for the same sentence as minors convicted of violent crimes -- including murder -- in which they used the weapon.Before the law was signed, the maximum sentence an adult could get for providing a gun to a minor -- whether it's used in a crime or not -- was seven years.Senator Kwame Raoul sponsored the bill after a spate of shooting deaths of Chicago school children.Supporters of the bill said they hope the possibility of a stiffer sentence will make adults think twice about handing over guns to minors.
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