{"id":22445,"date":"2020-09-01T15:53:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=22445"},"modified":"2020-09-01T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:53:50","slug":"bet-on-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=22445","title":{"rendered":"Bet on Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Long Island Press reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“A bar in Patchogue is drawing ire after critics say it invited patrons to bet on whether more shootings will occur in New York City or Chicago over Labor Day weekend. The Cliffton<\/a>, a self-described dive bar on Main Street in the village\u2019s downtown, devised a box pool \u2014 similar to Super Bowl score gambling pools \u2014 so customers could place their bets on which of the two cities will suffer more shootings amid a recent crime wave …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll wager 50 quatloos on Chicago.<\/p>\n

“… \u201cThis is the kind of place that needs to be boycotted,\u201d said the Long Island chapter of the nonprofit Brady: United Against Gun Violence<\/a> gun control advocacy group that called for an investigation into the bar …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The only thing they’re upset over it this highlights the failure of both New York’s and Chicago’s notorious gun control laws.<\/p>\n