It was a beautiful summer weekend in Chicago. The city’s premiere summer music event — “Lollapalooza” — went off without a hitch, despite soaring temps and oppressive humidity.

There were the usual block parties, church socials, neighborhood bake sales…

And 11 people were gunned down in the streets, with 63 more wounded.

But because this explosion of blood wasn’t committed by one or two crazed white supremacists or racists, you probably didn’t even hear about it. That’s because the shootings in Chicago — a city that votes 70% Democratic, is run by Democrats from top to bottom — couldn’t be blamed on Donald Trump, Republicans, or conservatives.

Does it really matter that much whether one crazy man with a gun shoots up a Walmart or vicious gang-bangers spray gunfire in densely populated neighborhoods?

Why, yes. Yes, it does.

Chicago’s John Kass:

Those angry loner white boys with guns, this time in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, have again erupted on the body politic.