Chicago is in such a state of decay...

[Gman]

...that this is newsworthy:

Chicago goes 22 hours without anyone being shot

CHICAGO — No one was shot in Chicago for more than 22 hours Friday, police said. From 12:35 a.m. to shortly after 10:55 p.m., shootings citywide did not result in any reported deaths or injuries.

Then a 39-year-old man walking in the South Austin neighborhood heard gunshots, police said. A bullet grazed his right leg.

About 3 miles southeast, in the Lawndale neighborhood, the only other person shot Friday in Chicago was also walking down the street, when someone tried to rob him.

So long as their accuracy sucks, or someone isn't somehow hit by a stray gunshot, things are wonderful.

[Skip]

They need more gun laws!

So does Denver.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...r-their-safety

[BladesNBarrels]

14th and Market?
That was a dangerous area and skid-row when I was growing up in the 50's & 60's.
No one went there after dark. It wasn't shootings then, I admit, but beatings and stabbings.
Nope, no gun violence here.

[Irving]

We saw someone get shot, then the next weekend stabbed, around that intersection about 12ish years ago.

[DenverGP]

We saw someone get shot, then the next weekend stabbed, around that intersection about 12ish years ago.

You'd think that person would have avoided that intersection after having been shot there the previous weekend...

[Gman]

You'd think that person would have avoided that intersection after having been shot there the previous weekend...

I can sometimes be overly literal...so it amuses me to think that I'm not alone.

[Bailey Guns]

You'd think that person would have avoided that intersection after having been shot there the previous weekend...

That's funny. I was thinking along the sames lines...like, damn, that's some bad luck. Then I realized what he meant.

[Irving]

I realized it sounded that way before I posted bu thought, meh.

[MrPrena]

Someone told me crappy part of Detroit is more dangerous than scrappy part of Chicago.

Which crappy part is worse?

[DireWolf]

They need more gun laws!

So does Denver.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...r-their-safety

From that article:

...Witnesses say a local security guard who was working at one of the bars was the person who died....

This may rub some the wrong way (and without any real details, this could possibly be an incorrect perspective), but - based on some of the behavior I've seen, even recently, during the occasional (very infrequent) outings down there, I tend to believe there is a VERY high likelihood that said "security guard" may have deliberately instigated/escalated the issue and got exactly what was coming to them...

Requiring properly trained/certified employees for security staff would be a very good move in the right direction.