Joseph Briggs, Chicago 16-Year-Old, Fatally Shot While
Standing On Porch
A 16-year-old boy shot in the head while standing on the porch in front of
his family's home Saturday evening died early Sunday.
Joseph Briggs, of the 6100 block of South Rockwell
Street, was shot around 8 p.m. Saturday,
while standing with several others on his family's porch in the
city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood, the
Chicago Tribune reports.
Briggs -- the only individual wounded in the
incident -- was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and was
pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m.
Police believe the shooting may have been gang-related,
according to the
Chicago Sun-Times.
No arrests have been made in the shooting to date and an investigation is
ongoing.
As of early Sunday afternoon, Briggs is one of
at least five people who were fatally shot across Chicago over
the weekend. At least 35 others have been wounded in separate shootings.
From late Saturday into early Sunday alone, 20 people were wounded by gunfire,
the
Sun-Times reports.
Homicides in Chicago so far this year
were up nearly 50 percent when compared to last year, as of
late last month.
This is a developing story.
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Chicago, where guns have been outlawed. You know.... When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
How's that working out for you, Chicago? Got it all under control, Rahm? You sure do seem to have quite a few armed outlaws in your city.
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And now, something a bit more positive...
Kids' Gun Parties? Texas Gun Range Targets Parties For
Children 8 And Older
By Marice Richter
LEWISVILLE, Texas, June 10 (Reuters) - Parents
searching for the perfect place and theme for their kids' birthday parties will
soon have another option in Texas: a gun range.
Eagle Gun Range in
Lewisville, Texas, is due to open later this summer and birthday parties will be
available to children age 8 and older. Party-goers will get a 30-minute class in
gun safety and handling and then will have the opportunity to shoot either a BB
gun or a .22 long rifle.
"I don't know whether anyone has ever tried this
before," said David Prince, who is building the indoor gun range in the Dallas
suburb. "I think it is a good way to introduce gun safety to kids in a
responsible way in a controlled environment."
Plenty of staff will be
around to help parents supervise.
"We're not just going to have kids
running around waving loaded guns and shooting at piñatas," said Prince, an
accountant and gun enthusiast.
Besides birthday parties, Prince hopes his
gun range will attract scout troops, church youth groups and other organizations
that want to introduce kids to gun safety and shooting sports.
"I think
this is such a great idea," said Lori Benoit of Austin. "I have three boys and
they are all fascinated with guns. I would love to have a place like this close
to us. It would be such a great experience to introduce shooting sports to kids
at a party."
Prince said publicity about birthday parties at the gun
range has prompted hundreds of inquiries.
Jon Baker said he is planning
to have a birthday party for his 10-year-old son as soon as the gun range
opens.
"I would much rather see kids experiment with guns in a controlled
environment than off somewhere in the open where someone could get hurt," said
Baker, a realtor in the Fort Worth area. (Editing by Daniel Trotta and Eric
Walsh)
Read the comments :)
Stay safe.
6 comments:
The Texas one is right on. Posted.
Wow! Nice idea:) all the kids will be very excited:) they will come to know the opportunity safety measures and they can try with guns practically, I think it’s a wonderful:)
Sounds a bit rough, kids running around with guns and ammo. But you can guess that when it's all done and dusted, the kids will be safe and it's just another themed party.
We do reptile birthday parties and there's a general fear we are about to kill kids with deadly snakes. As it happens the parties are a far tamer affair where the kids hold tame non-venomous snakes, crocodiles and the like before tucking into the usual fare of themed cakes and singing happy birthday! There's no death and destruction.
As it happens I think the worst thing about kids parties is the quality of the high sugar food on offer.
All the best
Sounds a bit rough, kids running around with guns and ammo. But you can guess that when it's all done and dusted, the kids will be safe and it's just another themed party.
We do reptile birthday parties and there's a general fear we are about to kill kids with deadly snakes. As it happens the parties are a far tamer affair where the kids hold tame non-venomous snakes, crocodiles and the like before tucking into the usual fare of themed cakes and singing happy birthday! There's no death and destruction.
As it happens I think the worst thing about kids parties is the quality of the high sugar food on offer.
All the best
Whoa! That's a lot of snakes!!! :)
All the best to you.
Its very sad that a young boy got shot and its not fare. At least by these parties children will come to know the precautions to be taken while dealing with the armed weapons.
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