Criminals rule the streets in Chicago, otherwise known as Murder City USA. A Democrat candidate for Illinois Attorney General, Aaron Goldstein, had this bitter lesson reinforced in broad daylight Thursday afternoon. While taking promotional photos with some of his staff, a trio of armed predators robbed the group of cameras, wallets, phones and other valuables. The Chicago Tribune has the sordid story:
A candidate running for Illinois attorney general was robbed at gunpoint while he was taking promotional photos for his campaign Thursday afternoon in the Northwest Side ward where he’s also the Democratic committeeman, according to his campaign manager and authorities.
Aaron Goldstein, 42, and several members of his campaign team were in the middle of taking publicity shots when the robbery happened, according to Goldstein’s campaign manager.
The robbery took place about 3:25 p.m. in the 4600 block of North Albany Avenue in Albany Park, when three men in their early 20s approached them, according to a law-enforcement source.
One of the men flashed a handgun and demanded the camera equipment and other personal belongings from the team, according to police.
Of course, in this group of Democrats, not a single one had a concealed carry firearm with which to defend their lives. Those robbers could have just as easily taken lives in addition to property.
While most people would express outrage at Chicago levels of violent crime, Windy City residents seem numb to it all. So, just how dangerous has Chicago become?
Chicago had more homicides in 2017 at 675 than New York City and Los Angeles, combined. NYC and LA have four and a half times more population.
In the past four years, Chicago carjackings have skyrocketed 209 percent. Robberies in the tourist mecca downtown area have jumped 132 percent in just three years.
Homicides have spiked northward 41 percent in the last four years. As we reported earlier, the clearance rate on homicides for all of 2017 stands at 12 percent. Yes, a killer has an 88 percent chance of pulling off a homicide without getting caught in Rahm’s paradise.
It’s surprising Chicago has not become a destination for murder tourism. Just sayin’.
here’s the very simple formula we used in Iraq to differentiate between good Iraqis and Wahabi…
1. Do they have a gun? Yes/No (If No skip to question 2)
1B. If Yes what kind? AK/Pistol/RPK/PKM/RPG? (Answers other than AK require further investigation)
2. Are they planting an IED? Yes/No (Answers other than No require ballistic interruption of person(s)’ activity)
3. Are they cooperating and following instructions? Yes/No (If No smack the terp around a bit try again. If still No detain individual for further questioning.)
4. Is their gun pointed at Coalition Forces? Yes/No (Answers other than No require further investigation and commands given to point somewhere else or relinquish weapon)
5. Are they firing at you, Coalition Forces, or civilians? Yes/No (Answers other than No require ballistic response)
See? Simple and in a mass shooting it will look something like this.
1. Do they have a gun? Yes/No (Answers other than No require commands be issued to place weapon on the ground.)
2. Did they follow that command? Yes/No (Answers other than No require re issue of command.)
3. Is the weapon pointed at you, other armed citizen(s), or unarmed citizen(s)? Yes/No (Answers other than No denote a threat)
4. Are they firing at you, engaging armed citizens, or firing at unarmed citizens of any age? Yes/No (Answers other than No require ballistic response.)
NOTE: If at any point in this decision checklist the shooter offs themselves odds are they were the perpetrator and any other armed citizens should be informed that the situation is resolved as you clear the rest of the building of secondary threats or explosive devices.
TLDR…
Just surround the building and wait for SWAT while listening to the screams of the unarmed victims to slowly die down.
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hmmmm you may be right…. Perhaps I should make their 4 step list into a pictograph or consider using brightly colored scented Crayola with glitter to write the list on black construction paper which would then be taped to the steering wheel in their cruiser.
There’s a tear running down my thigh for him.
I spent time in Chicago in the 1980’s, and I always liked it (as far as big cities go). It is really sad how bad it has been there in the last few years.
Remember what Margaret Thatcher said about socialism? Eventually you run out of other people’s money. That’s the situation Chicago is in. They have borrowed money until they’re running out of lenders. Chicago and its school system have terrible bond ratings. There isn’t any more money for police, prosecutors or jails. Their “justice” system produces career criminals with mile-long rap sheets all too eager to train the next generation of thugs. The downward spiral continues.
As much as I hate to say anything even remotely nice about Chicago, my understanding is that most of the city is actually extremely safe. Most of the violence either occurs in or stems from a relatively small geographic fraction of Chicago. Which is indicative of an even more impressive failure of Democrat policies. Now, I wouldn’t live anywhere where my right to self-defense isn’t recognized, and the fact that such a thing has been allowed to happen speaks volumes about the cowardice and weakness of Chicagoans. But most of the city is quite nice
It’s amazing I live downtown in this city 2 blocks from Navy Pier and actually had a shooting in front of my building on the Fourth of July at 6:00 pm in the afternoon. I look down from my window and it was as if nothing happened on the street…people were still eating at their outdoor cafes. 15 minutes later….police cars arrive with sirens blaring. the doorman said 2 groups of inner city kids got into a scuffle on the street and someone pulled out a gun
It was amazing the stupidity of the people on the streets who didn’t duck and cover. The final straw for me to get my conceal carry license was watching a group of middle eastern people looking at anti american videos on their lap top in a Starbucks on Michigan Ave.
I can only assume that he is unfit for the job of attorney general. Otherwise he would have known to ask to see the robbers’ FOID cards. That would have made for a pretty awkward moment if they didn’t have them on them.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! OMG THAT’S F*CKIN FUNNY RIGHT THERE I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE THAT’S FUNNY RIGHT THERE!!!! THE IRONY IS JUST TOO F*CKIN PRICELESS!!!!
Ok now that I’ve changed pants (p*ssed myself laughing). There is no way in hell now they can deny they have a crime problem. When your AG candidate is robbed in broad freakin daylight while taking pictures YOU sir have a crime problem in your city! Really there is no way to whitewash it as anything other than a severe crime problem sorry Rahm (not really) but now you have to pull your head from your fourth point of contact and smell the covfefe, Chicago is a 3rd world sh*thole wait no actually I’d feel safer in Baghdad than I would in Chicago so it’s worse than a 3rd world sh*thole and the blame rests entirely on your p*ss poor leadership!
ATFAgentBob >>> When your AG candidate is robbed in broad freakin daylight while taking pictures YOU sir have a crime problem in your city! Really there is no way to whitewash it as anything other than a severe crime problem sorry Rahm …
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/21/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-son-mugged-outside-family-home.html
The teenage son of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was attacked and robbed outside his family’s home on the city’s North Side late Friday, according to police.
Police told MyFoxChicago.com that Zach Emanuel, 17, was walking outside the house shortly after 10 p.m. local time when he was grabbed by two men. Authorities say the men went through Zach’s pockets and grabbed his cell phone before taking off. As of Saturday night, they were still at large …
On Saturday night, MyFoxChicago reported that an unmarked police car was parked in front of Emanuel’s house.
According to a Chicago Police Department Crime Summary Map seen by MyFoxChicago, there have been 17 robberies in the same police district as Emanuel’s home between Nov. 20 and Dec. 13 …
A liberal democrat politician getting robbed. Oh my. He was probably saying “Sure, take it. You need it more than I do”.
So Cabot guns, based in Pennsylvania, is advertising its guns with brass/metal knuckles which under Pa Title 18 § 908 (c) are considered illegal as a prohibited offensive weapon. Someone at Cabot should get more familiar with laws of the state in which they are located.
Candidate running on Gun Control platform gets what he deserves. Violent criminals may be dispicable, but they are smart enough to go after self-disarmed anti-gun people, rather than freedom loving Americans who are more likely to defend themselves.
Goldstein is as leftard as they come…I wouldn’t put it past him that THIS was staged. BTW missing from Boch’s analysis is this is Tiny Dancer° Rahm’s neighborhood. Didn’t stop young ruffians from beating up his marajuana smokin’ boy…????
Ok so I totally agree that Chicago is enjoying the fruits of their ridiculous labor, and that cities should not be violating or 2A rights. However I have a policy question. The author states that Chicago had more murders than NY and LA combined. Do those 2 cities have restrictive gun laws? I’m asking because I’m not sure but I think NYC has restrictive laws and I am pretty sure CA does. I’m not trying to argue against CC I firmly believe in it, I’m just trying to learn in case I bring this up to someone and they try to counter with that. Maybe it doesn’t matter since their populations are so much larger.
Chicago has less restrictive gun laws than LA, NYC or pretty much anywhere on the upper right or left coasts.
Since 2014, Illinois has had shall-issue concealed carry licenses with state preemption. No magazine limits, no hollowpoint ban, no “approved” firearms list. Pretty much anyone who is not a thug or a psychopath can legally tool up in Chicago.
I have been hammering on this for years here, and Mr. Boch doesn’t seem to get it. When we ridicule Chicago for its violent crime rate, we play right into the liberal narrative since other large cities with more restrictive gun laws have significantly less crime.
Mr. Boch keeps saying that you don’t reverse generations of the cultural effects of strict gun control with the passage of a piece of legislation.
both are very restrictive however I think Chicago has a much larger gang population. As evidenced in the demographics of their murder cases (most are military aged African American males). Although I still cannot explain the discrepancy between the murder rates I’d have to guess that it may boil down to the types of people the cities attract. NYC and LA seem more affluent and the LEGAL immigrants come from countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East (yes I know the M.E. immigrants are a crap shoot but not all will take up arms) while the Midwest seems to attract LEGAL immigrants from African nations like Somalia and the Congo which see violence as the best tool to use for every situation. Of course LA sees more illegal latin immigrants than Chicago and NYC.
Detachable magazines of 5, 10, andc20 rounds should be manufactured for a lot more firearms. They are practical for extended hunts. Spending a week or two in the woods without loose rounds to worry about would be nice. Scout rifle—Whatever!
My defensive flashlights have two modes, on and off. I only ise lights with use momentary switches. No click on/off
Strobes can be as disorientating to the user as it is to the subject.
If i need something else I will carry a second light
Nice light but I gotta ask why? Why should I buy this product when an old school mag lite or old school L shaped army light will get the job done for flashlight duty? Why use this light instead of a weapon mounted light on my nightstand gun?
Sure it’s super bright but honestly I’m sick of this Lumen nuclear arms race. Oh you have 600 lumens? Well suck it I got 800 lumens I can blind freighters off the coast of China from my above ground bunker in Kentucky.
You see the news about those two ships colliding off the coast of China? Yeah holla at your boy that was me I thought I heard an intruder so I turned on my StreamTac 6.2 billion lumen tactical light.
I vaporized the West wing of my bunker, blinded myself, set the wife’s hair on fire, and the beam started a wildfire in California but hey least I now know that it was just my cat knocking a box of batteries off the computer stand.
Oh by the way if you know anyone giving away a free cat or a cheap wig let me know, the wife says I gotta either replace her hair or buy our daughter a new cat since our old one got vaporized….
Why use an AR-15 for home defense when an old school Brown Bess will get the job done.
Technology is always advancing, either keep up or get left in the Stone Age.
Sheeeeeit. I still use candles and hurricane lamps. I hand one off the end of my AR with a rail mounted hook. Swings a bit in the wind but gets the job done.
Ya’ll need physics class. Just as with the Hudson, location of spring does not impact recoil torque because the gun is a closed system. Added or reduced off-center force on the slide is equal and opposite to that in the frame. The same masses in the same place are still moving the same way, guided by rails. The only purpose is to move the barrel lower like the H9, or create a large void like the CZ,or to look like a Robocop gun like both.
Over $3k? How about this? https://fostech.us/firearms/shotguns/origin-12-shotgun.html
Yes end it. Cops are just civilians with guns and badges that have the unfortunate job of dealing with some of the worst members of our society. But if you allow it to taint your view of all society then you’re not fit to carry a badge.
Send cops through the same legal system we use without the qualified immunity and that will definitely reduce the more egregious examples of excessive force. If you, as an officer, feel that puts you at too much risk then it may be time to seek other employment.
Every maker has issues.some hide them and others go out of there way to fix em.look into Glocks past issues.all kinds of issues over the years.whatever you carry just make sure you are familiar with it.Shooting at paper is a lot different than people.
Seems like Cabot has cornered the market on NBDB1911s, with Saudi princes, stripclub owners being their target customers.
Or they plan every new 1911 as if it were being made for a reality show (which doesn’t exist).
Speaking of….. find it ironic that their design team includes the same three stars likely found on many of Nevah Been Dun Befoah originator’s current boyfriends.
They are a little late. Liberty Gun Works inc the original designer of the bidirectional trigger design, for the AR platform, developed the DoubleTAK system for the AK platform over a year ago it sells for $200 on their website.
Why?! You can just go to Wal-Mart and just purchase one of the Bushnell Pro tactical ???? flashlights series…I have the 600 lumen light (has aggressive Knerling and an aggressive crenlated self-defense bezel..Has a moderate range beam…) and the 750 lumen version ( similar styling but a little bit longer. Has rechargeable USB ???? pack…Beam is medium range…Like a hyper-version of the SF L4 “Wall of Light…”) Pricing…$39.98- 49.99…Not bad, I like them…Use them for work and travel….
If you already owned Springfield products don’t take a loss and sell them now. But idk why anyone who supports liberty would buy a new product from Springfield.
The stand is a old movie and a really old book so I’m not sure why they would reference it with this gun but hey whatever.
Please stop trying to reinforce the BS idea that cops are good guys. They may take down thugs but they will take down the innocent just as well if there is something to gain. Don’t expect them to do their due diligence when it comes to raiding the right house either. I still have a faintly visible scar leftover from “The good guys” when they got the wrong house.
Surveillance works both ways and an in-car surveillance system is well worth the small investment. Two would be better, one overt, one covert, just in case someone thinks they are going to trash the video. Even overt dash cams are so compact now they may even be completely overlooked. You can get them as cheap as $50 for a single camera system.
Legal insurance is an absolute must in our sue-happy world. Unless you have your own printing press that spits FRNs, CCing without insurance is almost as bad as not CCing at all. It would be a choice between possible death by thug, or possible death by financial ruin.
Thank God for America and our constitution. I would hate to be stuck in that sh!thole they call Europe
Flag is going the wrong way.
The flag always advances!
I can buy 3 custom Browning Hi-Powers(even more beautiful than this 1911) for that.
(My opinion, and Not comparing Glocks)
Have a question: Does anyone have a link to any news articles about this?
While I think I have some Internet search skills I can’t find much information about this. When I searched, what came up was almost the same story again and again. All were on gun related sites. The only exception was when her pardon was announced. There’s nothing to be found from a local or national news source. There are no interviews with her and her lawyer. Similar news stories, a woman from Philadelphia, a pro football player and others can be found. (See below)
Then there was a article that raised questions that it was a fund raiser
https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/comments/7l5ku2/is_this_meg_fellenbaum_person_real_or_a_ploy_by_a/
Several commenters to the article said the same thing. They searched but didn’t find any news articles.
Other then a gun related website, is there any information? I’m willing to do a face palm at not being able to find anything.
Here’s the pardon:
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/christie_throws_out_26_criminal_cases_in_last-minu.html
Gun procession articles
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2017/12/florida_woman_arrested_after_cops_find_loaded_hand.html
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/12/pardoned_by_christie_woman_pushed_for_change_to_us.html
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/07/nj_gun_laws_are_clear_for_out-of-state_travelers.html
http://www.nj.com/atlantic/index.ssf/2014/09/philly_moms_gun_case_could_affect_up_to_100_similar_cases_nj_ag_says.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/02/new-jersey-gun-case-highlights-patchwork-state-gun-laws-relatives-experts-say.html
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20171226/pennsylvania-mans-gun-conviction-in-burlington-county-among-those-christie-pardoned/1
What do I say to them? How about, “It’s all fun and games until they come for your break action .410 shotgun.”
In my most blackest of heart, I would like to see news teams targeted by thieves more often. Take it all.
She is a criminal.
No matter what someone’s opinion is concerning hunting and laws, by Louisiana law she is a criminal ( when convicted).
Personally, as both a hunter and land owner here in Louisiana, I hope they throw the book at her! 18 is SUPPOSED to be an adult and able to make good life choices.
Obviously this was for kicks since she didnt need the meat (I can understand someone doing this to feed their family).
Also, not mentioned in article is the fact that her vehicle, gun, and other gear involved could be confiscated.