Chicago Gangs Turn To "Armor-Piercing Rifles" In Police Ambush

Now, yet another brutal weekend of violence and an ambush of police officers sitting in an unmarked vehicle offers a small glimpse of what Chicago police officers have to face on a daily basis. The escalation in violence this weekend even prompted Chicago's police department to issue a new bulletin warning officers of an ongoing gang war in which "gunmen are using weapons powerful enough to pierce bullet-proof vests" which shows an increasing tendency to "arm themselves with weapons most associated with soldiers in battle." Per the Associated Press.
Given the very real possibility that the gang war has not played itself out, the department has saturated the same area with officers and tactical teams, Guglielmi said. It also has issued a warning about gunmen with weapons powerful enough to pierce bullet-proof vests.

"Given the type of shootings and the incident last week (in which two offers suffered gunshot wounds about two miles away) we have put out an officer safety bulletin," said Guglielmi.

Meanwhile, prosecutors said Monday that a reputed gang member sprayed a police van with more than two dozen rounds from an assault rifle after mistaking the vehicle and plainclothes officers inside for rival gang members.

Guglielmi said the incident in which two officers were shot while sitting in a car does not appear to be connected to the bloody gang feud that erupted Sunday. Combined, however, they are the latest examples of what they have seen as a greater willingness of arm themselves with weapons most associated with soldiers in battle.

Chicago police issued a bulletin Monday warning its officers about gangs armed with high-powered weapons, after three people were shot to death over the weekend - including two attending a memorial for the earlier victim.
The bulletin came after a generally violent weekend which claimed over 30 shooting victims and 5 homicides.
Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the three people who were killed in the shootings Sunday were all members of the same street gang.

A shooting early in the day left one man dead, and the two others were killed and eight people were injured in a spray of more than two dozen shots from two guns while attending a makeshift memorial for him. Police suspect they were all shot by members of a rival street gang in the same neighborhood on Chicago's southwest side.

Chicago it totally out of control. more then 750 murdered last year, 3 times that amount shot but survived. And on track to surpass those numbers this year.. now they are packing armor piecing ammo.. that's great.

Innocent people, women, little children.. doesn't matter... murdered.

There is a web site that has the photos of the murdered people of last year. 95% are black. 95% of those arrested .. are black. The photos of the little kids are heart wrenching.. some killed as they slept because some gang war was taking place outside their home. Some killed in the cross fire.. a few killed as retaliation by gangs for what a family member did

But you are not supposed to say that... cause its not PC.

I only have one question:

Where is BLM?.. they seem to turn a blind eye to this... blacks are being slaughtered in Chicago.. but not a peep from them. why is that?

Yea, isn't it great Chicago is gun free and police can't profile.

The cops are outnumbered and out gunned. The only way to bring peace to the good people of Chicago is to send in the National Guard to restore order to the street and disarm these thugs.

People in Chicago are scared to come out of their houses. Won't dare go out at night and in constant fear for their children's safely.

The thugs have taken control.

What is America telling the families of the 750 murdered last year? That your son, daughter or little kids life meant nothing? That we are o.k. with out of control thugs ruling the street there?

disarm these thugs and throw them in Prison.

This is not a " cycle" as some call it. It is a ongoing huge issue which is getting worst by the year.

I give the Chicago cops a lot of credit for just going in those areas yet alone try to fight this problem. But it is now bigger then they can control and they are going on the defense.. not the offence.

Time for America to take back the streets of Chicago.. for ALL of the good people of Chicago.

that whats happen when you have strict gun laws you have a gun free zone

the thugs there could care less if the state, city or town is strict with guns or not. The guns they carry are illegal or stolen.

They could care less about the law.. period.

They tuck them under their belt every time they walk out the door. And clearly they know how to use them.

People are extremely mobile now a day as well

there are many other cities in Illinois, within driving distance of chicago,,

not hard to get guns even if the city one is physically in may have 'strict' laws,,,

armor piercing guns may not be so easily available though, and seem little purpose except to go after people wearing armor who are usually uniformed

those selling them or using them should be prosecuted

Fixed it!

love the term "assault rifle' ANY rifle is an assault rifle if ur shooting someone with it and their body armor is made to stop handgun rounds so ANY bullet from a rifle is armor piercing...a heavy grain pistol round will even go thru that armor...if they were using actual armor piercing rounds from a " high powered" rifle they'd go thru the van...u can buy a ar-15 almost anywhere and 62 grain green tip rounds can be bought at Walmart for crying out loud...these things are accessible to anyone who can pass a background check or is a legal citizen and I'm sure they could be obtained illegally...its Chicago those gangs were going to upgrade their weapons at some point or another...so what...the guns didn't wander out by themselves and start shooting cops...quit demonizing guns and go fix the problem...

I do not believe in the premeditated taking of human life,,,,

I understand taking a life for a life taken, but I would not support death for someone that is able to sell to someone else willing to take life,,they do not force them into that decision

No reasoning of any kind with this.

Guns are entirely prohibited in most Federal Government installations and offices. Notice there are no murders with armor piercing ammunition? At least not yet. That's because it isn't the restrictions that caused the crime.

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people." This is yet another proof of that. Making that or any area a gun free area, or weapons limited area, did NOT cause the police there to be vulnerable to this level of attack. If you actually think further, you can realize that no matter where you look in the United States, even in the places where gun ownership is encouraged and not limited at all, the police there STILL don't have a defense against this level of weaponry.

If you look to any place in the world, past or present, where there were no restrictions on personal ownership of weapons, you will NOT find a free society, living in peace and harmony. That doesn't mean that this or that anti-gun or anti ammunition law is a wonderful idea, but it sure as hell shoots down the absurd claim that allowing anyone to have what they want, brings peace and safety.

now you are cooking with gas!