5 People Shot Within 24 Hours In Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, York: nearby, great)

[erieguy]

3 people dead, 1 wounded after shooting in Pittsburgh

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/homi...edium=news_tab

[royaljoker]

Male shot E Carson and 14th

Big Ed is on the case.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by royaljoker

Male shot E Carson and 14th

Big Ed is on the case.

Only when business owners complain, and even that may be giving him too much credit. Maybe someday the community leaders will do something about it. Seems the only time they surface is when they want to complain and/or protest something.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by erieguy

3 people dead, 1 wounded after shooting in Pittsburgh

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/homi...edium=news_tab

Don't worry. Gainey has a plan for when he becomes mayor. He will conduct environmentally-destructive balloon releases and lead prayer marches with old ladies through Homewood to magically fix the violence here on the North Side.

[royaljoker]

Originally Posted by Burghophilia_2

Can you talk about your perceptions of the reasons for the increase in violence -- i.e.,

- police pullback in the wake of 2020 protests?
- more guns?
- beefs between local groups?
- more guns?
- lack of juvenile detention beds?
- more guns?
- judicial backlog from pandemic shutdowns?
- more guns?
- inflation/economic desparation?
- more guns?
- need for more and more aggressive police presence?
- more guns?
- need for stronger punishments/longer sentences, and no "bail reform?"
- more guns?

A wild Redditor appears!

[szug-bot]

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[guy2073]

Originally Posted by Burghophilia_2

Can you talk about your perceptions of the reasons for the increase in violence -- i.e.,

- police pullback in the wake of 2020 protests?
- more guns?
- beefs between local groups?
- more guns?
- lack of juvenile detention beds?
- more guns?
- judicial backlog from pandemic shutdowns?
- more guns?
- inflation/economic desparation?
- more guns?
- need for more and more aggressive police presence?
- more guns?
- need for stronger punishments/longer sentences, and no "bail reform?"
- more guns?

I know what you mean by more guns, my guns try to commit crimes all the time. Luckily they haven't learned to drive yet and they are too lazy to walk to the crime scene.

[guy2073]

Originally Posted by Burghophilia_2

Hey, I know that you could own as many guns as you want, and you are not going to commit a crime with them. Fair enough. However, are you willing to give up some (many) of your guns, if it would lead to less gun deaths overall, or do you say, "nah, these things are so very important to me, and I don't really care enough about those folks who are dying to give them up."

Will the violent crime rate drop because someone doesn't have a gun or will they choose another weapon? I think we have too many criminals who aren't being held accountable for their actions.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by guy2073

Will the violent crime rate drop because someone doesn't have a gun or will they choose another weapon? I think we have too many criminals who aren't being held accountable for their actions.

Bingo…wayyy too much defending and enabling criminals, and especially violent criminals that get the opportunity to become repeat violent criminals. Capital punishment equals less violent criminals….but muh too many guns, lol…as if criminals can’t get their hands on them

[erieguy]

Male in critical condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood overnight

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/male...edium=news_tab