FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2017, file photo, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson holds a news conference at city hall in St. Louis. At a news conference, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, Krewson said the city is suffering a rash of child deaths by gunfire this summer and will offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the killing of four children.
This past weekend was especially violent. In Kansas City, four men were killed Sunday, including two in a drive-by shooting in a popular entertainment district. In St. Louis, six people were killed in shootings, including 8-year-old and 10-year-old girls and a 15-year-old boy. St. Louis has seen about 128 homicides this year, also on pace to top last year’s total of 186. The vast majority those killed this year — 112 victims — were black in a city where about half of the 320,000 residents are black.
“I think we would all agree we would like to find a way to end the type of gun violence that we see going on, but you’re going to have to show proof of something that’s been effective and worked somewhere, and not doing something just for the purposes of doing something,” Schatz said. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner blamed lax gun laws as well as a “sense of hopelessness” in many neighborhoods that has “fostered an environment where too many young people have little or no regard for their own lives or the lives of others.”
Worse than Chicago
They want to ebforce gun control on everybody, yet it’s is a certain demographic that is doing all this, as they admit in the article. Here’s a hint.... GUNS AREN’T THE PROBLEM. FIX THE CAUSE. It’s like treating a runny nose when the patient has the flu
generational political failure
Thats all OK as long as the cult fanatics can outlaw abortion there..lol... Its MO who frickin cares
Look at who is leading the two cities. They are run by democrats. Do u see the theme. They love chaos They do not want peace
Look you are talking peanuts, look at Chicago every weekend mass shootings, but not reported by the media, WHY?
robintallfish 🇺🇸 gov is made up of greedy dishonest bought/paid for political whores ANY INTELLIGENT ADULT CAPABLE OF CRITICAL THINKING KNOWS DAMN WELL OUR FOREFATHERS NEVER MEANT FOR ANYONE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF FCKNG GUN THEY WANT NRAIsATerroristOrganization GOPTerrorism
Inner city Democrat leadership way above their heads
GOP State, it's the way the NRA pays to have it.
More gun laws will not stop those killings, I bet every gun used was illegally obtained.
Maybe they need to look at sources of criminal activity versus blaming a gun.
Why should they be any different given their attitude toward guns?
Boy, how’d you like to be a USDA employee being relocated to Kansas City next month? No? Well neither do the several hundred families jerked out of their homes and shipped off to KC for no good reason by SecretarySonny They aren’t farm workers or extension agents, dammit!
Meanwhile in Chicago, the city with the strictest gun laws.
I guess these were gun violence events that the NRA likes to ignore.
Both ran by Dems
Since August 20th there have been 10 shootings in the USA, including that day. 12 dead and 35 injured in 6 days.
Democrats 2 cities. Chicago has more awful killings sad
You can pass every law the left wants, or every law the Republicans want, and nothing will change. This is an issue endemic to all black territories and nations. It's racial.
Blacks killing blacks and blaming white people
We need Parental control where are the parents? It starts at home.
Now do Chicago....
And is it any surprise that Democrats are in control of all cities where gun violence is most prevalent? No
And Mayor Krewson's only accomplishment has be tearing down a Confederate monument and pissing off the police! Another once thriving city decimated by Democrats!!
Dang. All these mentally ill people. They must stop watching video games.
Tell MoscowMitch to get off his turkey neck ass and pass sensible gun legislation
WhitePrivilege ... right ?
Have gun, will shoot.
And here we have the dems game plan for the election 1) make promises 2) do nothing - the status quo is what they want. 3) time for new election - see step 1
There is psychological violence perpetrated by our own government. Where are the investigative reporters?
So lack of control and respect ? Starts in school with the pledge , yes sir , yes mam and opening doors for females and elders.
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