12 Killed, 15 Wounded In Philadelphia Weekend Shootings

[Larry the boss]

[GhostofDempsey]

...and the mayor blames the NRA. Go figure.

[siablo14]

...and the mayor blames the NRA. Go figure.

We gotta keep guns out of those folks' hands.

[GhostofDempsey]

We gotta keep guns out of those folks' hands.

We didn't need these laws back when gun were easier to obtain. Wonder what changed.

[siablo14]

We didn't need these laws back when gun were easier to obtain. Wonder what changed.

Red - Guns are still easy to obtain.

Blue - you are probably saying they got crazier. If you believe that, you should be championing stricter gun control.

[GhostofDempsey]

Red - Guns are still easy to obtain.

Blue - you are probably saying they got crazier. If you believe that, you should be championing stricter gun control.

No, not crazier. For starters, ******* mayors, prosecutors and judges have become softer on crime. There is a lack of discipline in our schools, lack of respect for authority and elders, lack of accountability from parents who fail their kids and fail society.

[siablo14]

No, not crazier. For starters, ******* mayors, prosecutors and judges have become softer on crime. There is a lack of discipline in our schools, lack of respect for authority and elders, lack of accountability from parents who fail their kids and fail society.

Red - wouldn't you want to stop guns from reaching those areas?

Blue - Do you want those ill-raised kids to easily access guns?

[GhostofDempsey]

Red - wouldn't you want to stop guns from reaching those areas?

Blue - Do you want those ill-raised kids to easily access guns?

Untie the cops hands, enforce the laws we already have.

[Larry the boss]

Untie the cops hands, enforce the laws we already have.

problem is the cops dont know the laws and are not trained properly in most cases

[GhostofDempsey]

problem is the cops dont know the laws and are not trained properly in most cases

They know the laws, but the District Attorney won't enforce them. Cops can make arrests, but the prosecutors let them out the back door or off with lenient sentences. The message to criminals is that their crimes won't get them stiff penalties, no deterrent. Even if cops weren't trained properly, that's an easy fix with proper training.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, the paper of record, that "Meanwhile, people accused of illegally carrying guns have seen their chances of getting convicted in court plunge from 63% in 2017 to 49% two years later."

Philadelphia police officer Patrick Keller, who was fired at during an arrest, said that only a week before the shooting, the DA's office reached out to him about a plea deal being offered to that defendant who shot at the officer, according to

The DA's office was offering 4-8 years jail time, along with three additional years probation. Keller was shot at by a 19-year-old defendant after responding to a domestic call in 2020.
ADVERTISEMENTThe defendant, Devon Smith, fired at the officer through his pants pocket. Initially, Smith was charged with attempted murder, but the charges have since been reduced. Krasner's office claimed Smith "had not intended to fire the gun."

Keller's injuries as a result of the shooting included gunpowder burns on his neck and face, as well as hearing loss, as the suspect was only inches from him.
Krasner has faced calls for his removal by State Senator Jake Corman, and others have called for the governor to have the power to replace Krasner. For Krasner, calls for his removal, or the GOP insistence on citing the major crime issues in America's big, blue cities, is essentially racist.

"It is nothing more than a new version of the Southern strategy," Krasner told earlier this year. "It worked before. They've read their ********** history. They're saying 'big cities, lawless,' except all the big cities they're talking about are very ********ic and have huge Black and brown populations."

Krasner struck a plea deal to reduce the sentence for Jovaun Patterson, who was convicted of shooting and killing a man during a robbery at a convenience store in 2018. When the deal, 3.5 to 10 years in prison for the murder, was made public, Krasner's office tried to walk it back, and Patterson ended up with 14 years for assault and attempted robbery.
Krasner also believes that going after illegal guns is not equitable, policies like that are "about singling out people of color," according to Insider.

"Our legislature's primary interest is incarcerating Philadelphians," read a from his office said, "most of them Black and brown."
", more than 830 people had been shot in Philadelphia this year, 166 of them fatally," Insider reports.

While Krasner calls for more gun control, his office hesitates to crack down on illegal guns, believing that too many people who have no intention of criminal activity— outside owning illegal guns— would get caught up in the criminal justice system unnecessarily.