NW Shootings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looks like DC is headed back to the crack fueled days of the early 2000s. Already more shootings this year than in 2009, the year I moved here, and this year isn't even over yet. Sad!

“Oh dear (clutches pearls) not the crack fueled days of the early 2000s”
You sound stupid the true crack fueled days of DC were the 80’s long before you decided to stop by and gentrify.

Yes, what many newer residents don't understand is just HOW bad crime was in their current neighborhoods. Some get outright hostile when the seriousness of the past crime issue is mentioned which I attribute to them not wanting to consider that things can get that way again with a downturn to the economy. But I guess if I paid those prices for my home I would want to bury my head in the sand too.

DC resident since the 80s that has lived in SW, NE and NW.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread ain’t about property crime and simple assaults it’s about SHOOTINGS.
Who’s responsible for all these damn guns out here?

I used to be very strongly against firearms, but the older I get, the more I see the real issue. Legal guns aren't the big problem. The vast majority of crimes aren't committed with legal firearms. Illegal guns are the big problem. Unfortunately most cities don't lock people up for long when they're caught with an illegal gun, and the recent "bail reform" is making things even worse. We need to get people off the street who are using (and demanding) illegal guns. The only way to do that is to lock them up for a long time.

I honestly think that if democrats supported enforcing the gun laws that we already have, we would be able to get the republican support to overturn the second amendment IF guns were still a big problem. But it won't happen until we start enforcing the laws we already have.

Ban all the guns, every last one of them, and this stuff won’t happen. If guns are banned, people won’t have them.

What does "ban" mean to you? Like are you planning on actually having any punishments when people ignore you? If so, what are they and why aren't you enforcing them now for people who are carrying non-registered/illegal guns? And if you just plan on arresting people and then releasing them the next day, what good do you think that will do?

It’s actually very simple. All we need is a bounty offered to the public to turn in others - people they know who are possessing guns after they are outlawed - and this ceases to be a problem.

If people could get a $5,000 reward for the arrest of someone who had a gun, they’d be falling all over themselves to report them. That’s how you fix this. Ban them all, then offer huge financial incentives to turn in noncompliant people.

The people that arrested get an automatic life sentence in prison or some kind of institutional colony, permanently removing them from society. Pick a undesirable location, somewhere out west maybe where nobody lives, and create a penal colony. Stick them all there. Let them toil doing menial physical labor or whatever, and if they try to escape, execute them. Such penal colonies have been used previously for hundreds of years as a means for countries to dispose of their undesirables who are a threat a civilized society. Read some some history.

All it takes is the national will to do it. Hopefully we’re headed that way.

You’ve heard the expression about snitches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread ain’t about property crime and simple assaults it’s about SHOOTINGS.
Who’s responsible for all these damn guns out here?

I used to be very strongly against firearms, but the older I get, the more I see the real issue. Legal guns aren't the big problem. The vast majority of crimes aren't committed with legal firearms. Illegal guns are the big problem. Unfortunately most cities don't lock people up for long when they're caught with an illegal gun, and the recent "bail reform" is making things even worse. We need to get people off the street who are using (and demanding) illegal guns. The only way to do that is to lock them up for a long time.

I honestly think that if democrats supported enforcing the gun laws that we already have, we would be able to get the republican support to overturn the second amendment IF guns were still a big problem. But it won't happen until we start enforcing the laws we already have.

Ban all the guns, every last one of them, and this stuff won’t happen. If guns are banned, people won’t have them.

What does "ban" mean to you? Like are you planning on actually having any punishments when people ignore you? If so, what are they and why aren't you enforcing them now for people who are carrying non-registered/illegal guns? And if you just plan on arresting people and then releasing them the next day, what good do you think that will do?

It’s actually very simple. All we need is a bounty offered to the public to turn in others - people they know who are possessing guns after they are outlawed - and this ceases to be a problem.

If people could get a $5,000 reward for the arrest of someone who had a gun, they’d be falling all over themselves to report them. That’s how you fix this. Ban them all, then offer huge financial incentives to turn in noncompliant people.

The people that arrested get an automatic life sentence in prison or some kind of institutional colony, permanently removing them from society. Pick a undesirable location, somewhere out west maybe where nobody lives, and create a penal colony. Stick them all there. Let them toil doing menial physical labor or whatever, and if they try to escape, execute them. Such penal colonies have been used previously for hundreds of years as a means for countries to dispose of their undesirables who are a threat a civilized society. Read some some history.

All it takes is the national will to do it. Hopefully we’re headed that way.

You clearly didn't watch the video posted above. THE POLICE ARE ALREADY ARRESTING TONS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH ILLEGAL GUNS. And the cops know from statistics that the illegal guns are the ones used in murders. The problem is that once the police arrest people, it's up to the DAs and basically the politicians to decide what to do with the people. And what's happening now is that they're just being released.

The cop in the video explained that in places where they actually enforce punishments for carrying illegal weapons, the murder rates do down dramatically. And he explained that gun crime rates are going up dramatically with bail reform (i.e. catch and release justice system that has started to roll out around the country). But the cops have no power once the people are arrested - you need to vote for people who actually want to lock people up for a long time.

I'm not sure whether we need stricter gun laws in this country. Possibly yes, and possibly no. But what's VERY clear is that we need to enforce the laws that we already have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread ain’t about property crime and simple assaults it’s about SHOOTINGS.
Who’s responsible for all these damn guns out here?

I used to be very strongly against firearms, but the older I get, the more I see the real issue. Legal guns aren't the big problem. The vast majority of crimes aren't committed with legal firearms. Illegal guns are the big problem. Unfortunately most cities don't lock people up for long when they're caught with an illegal gun, and the recent "bail reform" is making things even worse. We need to get people off the street who are using (and demanding) illegal guns. The only way to do that is to lock them up for a long time.

I honestly think that if democrats supported enforcing the gun laws that we already have, we would be able to get the republican support to overturn the second amendment IF guns were still a big problem. But it won't happen until we start enforcing the laws we already have.

Ban all the guns, every last one of them, and this stuff won’t happen. If guns are banned, people won’t have them.

What does "ban" mean to you? Like are you planning on actually having any punishments when people ignore you? If so, what are they and why aren't you enforcing them now for people who are carrying non-registered/illegal guns? And if you just plan on arresting people and then releasing them the next day, what good do you think that will do?

It’s actually very simple. All we need is a bounty offered to the public to turn in others - people they know who are possessing guns after they are outlawed - and this ceases to be a problem.

If people could get a $5,000 reward for the arrest of someone who had a gun, they’d be falling all over themselves to report them. That’s how you fix this. Ban them all, then offer huge financial incentives to turn in noncompliant people.

The people that arrested get an automatic life sentence in prison or some kind of institutional colony, permanently removing them from society. Pick a undesirable location, somewhere out west maybe where nobody lives, and create a penal colony. Stick them all there. Let them toil doing menial physical labor or whatever, and if they try to escape, execute them. Such penal colonies have been used previously for hundreds of years as a means for countries to dispose of their undesirables who are a threat a civilized society. Read some some history.

All it takes is the national will to do it. Hopefully we’re headed that way.

You clearly didn't watch the video posted above. THE POLICE ARE ALREADY ARRESTING TONS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH ILLEGAL GUNS. And the cops know from statistics that the illegal guns are the ones used in murders. The problem is that once the police arrest people, it's up to the DAs and basically the politicians to decide what to do with the people. And what's happening now is that they're just being released.

The cop in the video explained that in places where they actually enforce punishments for carrying illegal weapons, the murder rates do down dramatically. And he explained that gun crime rates are going up dramatically with bail reform (i.e. catch and release justice system that has started to roll out around the country). But the cops have no power once the people are arrested - you need to vote for people who actually want to lock people up for a long time.

I'm not sure whether we need stricter gun laws in this country. Possibly yes, and possibly no. But what's VERY clear is that we need to enforce the laws that we already have.

Well, when the law is enforced, more colored people will be arrested in urban area. Have you noticed that your demand actually hurts the Very people you want to help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Police are asking for public to scour their own private security video. Apparently that is easier than the police coordinating with the city to retrieve traffic cam and video from the fire stations. Police have no real crime prevention tools in the city. If your car is stolen, contact insurance. If you are shot, maybe your neighbors will have a video.

That area (near Comet Pizza) should have a 24/7 police presence. These shooting are horrible. Unrelated to the threat from armed Qanon nut jobs who are still peddling weird and obscene theories...but if the police had been around that night maybe that young man would be alive today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Police are asking for public to scour their own private security video. Apparently that is easier than the police coordinating with the city to retrieve traffic cam and video from the fire stations. Police have no real crime prevention tools in the city. If your car is stolen, contact insurance. If you are shot, maybe your neighbors will have a video.

We will all be safer when the police are abolished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question. The two shootings occurred right outside of fire stations on Connecticut and Wisconsin Avenues. Why don't the police simply cull the security footage from the two fire stations and along with the security footage from Tenley Mart and the Shell station have a better idea of the suspects. Both Wisconsin and Connecticut Ave's are wall papered with traffic cam's, red light cam's etc. Pull all of the footage from an hour before the shooting to an hour after and at least you end up with a better idea of the suspects vehicle if not the suspect himself.

Why are we asking for people to check their home video and call the police. How about the police check the City video and tell us who to look out for.

Perhaps the call is coming from inside the building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread ain’t about property crime and simple assaults it’s about SHOOTINGS.
Who’s responsible for all these damn guns out here?

I used to be very strongly against firearms, but the older I get, the more I see the real issue. Legal guns aren't the big problem. The vast majority of crimes aren't committed with legal firearms. Illegal guns are the big problem. Unfortunately most cities don't lock people up for long when they're caught with an illegal gun, and the recent "bail reform" is making things even worse. We need to get people off the street who are using (and demanding) illegal guns. The only way to do that is to lock them up for a long time.

I honestly think that if democrats supported enforcing the gun laws that we already have, we would be able to get the republican support to overturn the second amendment IF guns were still a big problem. But it won't happen until we start enforcing the laws we already have.

Ban all the guns, every last one of them, and this stuff won’t happen. If guns are banned, people won’t have them.

Use common sense. The people with illegal guns have already decided they don't gaf about the laws and bans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread ain’t about property crime and simple assaults it’s about SHOOTINGS.
Who’s responsible for all these damn guns out here?

I used to be very strongly against firearms, but the older I get, the more I see the real issue. Legal guns aren't the big problem. The vast majority of crimes aren't committed with legal firearms. Illegal guns are the big problem. Unfortunately most cities don't lock people up for long when they're caught with an illegal gun, and the recent "bail reform" is making things even worse. We need to get people off the street who are using (and demanding) illegal guns. The only way to do that is to lock them up for a long time.

I honestly think that if democrats supported enforcing the gun laws that we already have, we would be able to get the republican support to overturn the second amendment IF guns were still a big problem. But it won't happen until we start enforcing the laws we already have.

Ban all the guns, every last one of them, and this stuff won’t happen. If guns are banned, people won’t have them.

What does "ban" mean to you? Like are you planning on actually having any punishments when people ignore you? If so, what are they and why aren't you enforcing them now for people who are carrying non-registered/illegal guns? And if you just plan on arresting people and then releasing them the next day, what good do you think that will do?

It’s actually very simple. All we need is a bounty offered to the public to turn in others - people they know who are possessing guns after they are outlawed - and this ceases to be a problem.

If people could get a $5,000 reward for the arrest of someone who had a gun, they’d be falling all over themselves to report them. That’s how you fix this. Ban them all, then offer huge financial incentives to turn in noncompliant people.

The people that arrested get an automatic life sentence in prison or some kind of institutional colony, permanently removing them from society. Pick a undesirable location, somewhere out west maybe where nobody lives, and create a penal colony. Stick them all there. Let them toil doing menial physical labor or whatever, and if they try to escape, execute them. Such penal colonies have been used previously for hundreds of years as a means for countries to dispose of their undesirables who are a threat a civilized society. Read some some history.

All it takes is the national will to do it. Hopefully we’re headed that way.

You clearly didn't watch the video posted above. THE POLICE ARE ALREADY ARRESTING TONS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH ILLEGAL GUNS. And the cops know from statistics that the illegal guns are the ones used in murders. The problem is that once the police arrest people, it's up to the DAs and basically the politicians to decide what to do with the people. And what's happening now is that they're just being released.

The cop in the video explained that in places where they actually enforce punishments for carrying illegal weapons, the murder rates do down dramatically. And he explained that gun crime rates are going up dramatically with bail reform (i.e. catch and release justice system that has started to roll out around the country). But the cops have no power once the people are arrested - you need to vote for people who actually want to lock people up for a long time.

I'm not sure whether we need stricter gun laws in this country. Possibly yes, and possibly no. But what's VERY clear is that we need to enforce the laws that we already have.

Well, when the law is enforced, more colored people will be arrested in urban area. Have you noticed that your demand actually hurts the Very people you want to help?

Is it 1952 in your world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It ain’t white people getting shot out here so what y’all worries about?

First, you're a complete a..! These are "our" neighborhoods, that would include you and I. I don't care what race the victim is, I care that you and I have lost our sense of safety for our families and ourselves. You should feel this way to instead of making your divisive racist jokes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It ain’t white people getting shot out here so what y’all worries about?

First, you're a complete a..! These are "our" neighborhoods, that would include you and I. I don't care what race the victim is, I care that you and I have lost our sense of safety for our families and ourselves. You should feel this way to instead of making your divisive racist jokes.

And let me guess what your thoughts are on how to better ensure “our” neighborhoods are safe...
Increase police presence and have the cops stop and frisk all the non-whites in the area.
May not make those darker folks feel safe but it’ll damn sure put your mind at ease I bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It ain’t white people getting shot out here so what y’all worries about?

First, you're a complete a..! These are "our" neighborhoods, that would include you and I. I don't care what race the victim is, I care that you and I have lost our sense of safety for our families and ourselves. You should feel this way to instead of making your divisive racist jokes.

And let me guess what your thoughts are on how to better ensure “our” neighborhoods are safe...
Increase police presence and have the cops stop and frisk all the non-whites in the area.
May not make those darker folks feel safe but it’ll damn sure put your mind at ease I bet.

Your flippant guessing isn’t helping that Black victim, is it? Why doesn’t his life - or those of people living in neighborhoods where murder is more common - mean anything to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It ain’t white people getting shot out here so what y’all worries about?

First, you're a complete a..! These are "our" neighborhoods, that would include you and I. I don't care what race the victim is, I care that you and I have lost our sense of safety for our families and ourselves. You should feel this way to instead of making your divisive racist jokes.

And let me guess what your thoughts are on how to better ensure “our” neighborhoods are safe...
Increase police presence and have the cops stop and frisk all the non-whites in the area.
May not make those darker folks feel safe but it’ll damn sure put your mind at ease I bet.

Your flippant guessing isn’t helping that Black victim, is it? Why doesn’t his life - or those of people living in neighborhoods where murder is more common - mean anything to you?

Lol go get your jollies off calling the cops on every melanated man you see walking down the street nobody’s giving out lip-service citizenship awards on here.
Do you.

[Anonymous]

No updates on these three shootings, two murders? Nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It ain’t white people getting shot out here so what y’all worries about?

First, you're a complete a..! These are "our" neighborhoods, that would include you and I. I don't care what race the victim is, I care that you and I have lost our sense of safety for our families and ourselves. You should feel this way to instead of making your divisive racist jokes.

And let me guess what your thoughts are on how to better ensure “our” neighborhoods are safe...
Increase police presence and have the cops stop and frisk all the non-whites in the area.
May not make those darker folks feel safe but it’ll damn sure put your mind at ease I bet.

Your flippant guessing isn’t helping that Black victim, is it? Why doesn’t his life - or those of people living in neighborhoods where murder is more common - mean anything to you?

Lol go get your jollies off calling the cops on every melanated man you see walking down the street nobody’s giving out lip-service citizenship awards on here.
Do you.

So that would be a “no”?