The Elephant In the Room

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/0 ... crime-war/
January 14, 2013 7:23 PM
CBS 5 Connect

City officials held a news conference Monday to discuss the alarming wave of shootings in the city over the weekend. Four people were killed Friday and 11 more were wounded since then. Police said one suspect is in custody.

In all of the gun control rhetoric, there is never once a mention of the situations like Oakland. The problem in Chicago is similar. Because gang violence doesn't fit the desired messaging, the politicians simply treat the gang situations like the 8 ton elephant in the room.

It would be interesting to see what the US statistics would look like if all of the gang related violence, shootings and murders were excluded.

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“We know who the bad guys are and we’re focused on getting them,” Jordan said, blaming a narrow segment of the population for the uptick in violence.

At least the police chief is putting the blame where it belongs rather than the guns or law abiding citizens.

The mayor however, is a different story. I thought there were no guns in CA.

“These kinds of fights between gangs didn’t used to end with a dozen murders. Because of the availability of guns, we’ve got disputes by very young people and shooters who are very young, who have access to guns that are totally out of control,” said Quan.