Criminals? What criminals?

The “173 deaths since 2007” number is also highly misleading out of context. Roughly four times that number died by gunfire in Chicago in a single year.

Saying you want an end to gun violence is not a plan. If people insist on seeing guns as some sort of self-animating weapon, casting people who own them as murderers, no solution to violence is at hand.

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RELATED: Why no "Thuggery" protests?

“He’s going for the gun!” Officer Blane Salamoni can be heard saying loudly before firing three rounds into Sterling’s chest.

A loaded .38 caliber handgun was later found in Alton Sterling's right front pocket.

nb - Mr Sterling was a felon... thus disqualified from owning firearms. It didn't stop "the community" from going batshit after his unfortunate demise. I won't bore you with dozens of similar narratives.

Guns don't kill people... criminals kill people.

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LAST WORD: The usual suspects...

"Police have released surveillance camera images of a total of seven suspects after a male victim was swarmed and robbed outside a store in the College and Spadina area last month."

Or how about... these fine young men?