Busting the 'Gun-Control' Narrative
By Susanne Edward. Mar 28, 2022
On the first day of October 2021, two Dodge Chargers circled the 1200 block of North Mason Avenue in Chicago around 10:30 a.m. Three individuals then leaped from the vehicles and opened fire at a brick house in which members of a rival gang were sheltering. The gang members inside the building soon started shooting back.
In the end, 70 shell casings were recovered from the crime scene; one man was killed, two more were wounded and five were arrested for murder and aggravated battery.
Despite allegedly possessing guns that were illegally modified into machine guns, according to reporting by the Chicago Sun-Times, all five of the men arrested were released back onto the Chicago streets without charges.
Kim Foxx, the state's attorney for Cook County, Ill., dismissed the battle as "mutual combat,” a broad legal term used to describe a fight that two parties willingly engage in; the county also cited a "lack of evidence” despite the shootout having been caught on video.
Yes, you heard that right: these dangerous gang members who blatantly opened fire and murdered in broad daylight were back on the streets three days later without having to face any charges.
In December, Amy Swearer, a fellow at The Heritage Foundation, attempted to draw attention to this claim of "mutual combat” to avoid prosecuting these gang members. But, as she testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) interrupted her. .....
"Blaming American freedom is convenient for the far Left. Rather than take responsibility for their bad policies, they find it easy to blame freer areas of the country for crimes."