With the extraordinary devastation of Hurricane Harvey in Texas reminding us that some tragedies are unavoidable, an all-too ordinary weekend in Chicago, Illinois is also here to remind us that other tragedies are needlessly enabled by men.

The Daily Caller reports that this preceding Labor Day weekend saw 30 shootings between Friday and Monday morning, four of which were fatal.

Holidays are a particularly deadly time in the Windy City, with 50 shootings apiece for 2017’s Father’s Day, Memorial Day, and Fourth of July.

Of course, special occasions aren’t always a prerequisite for violence; TFPP reported on August 21 that the preceding weekend saw over 60 shootings, 8 of which were fatal. As we reported on August 28, “A weekend of violence has left 27 people shot, 6 fatally, in Chicago. Four teenage boys were among those shot from August 25 through the 27th.” And on August 22: “Violent Crime Hits New Record While Arrests Drop 24%.”

Indeed, so warped are the standards of the Democrat-dominated city, “only” six residents dying over Memorial Day weekend is seen as an improvement. All told, the city has seen 400 total homicides in 2017, including a 1.3 percent increase in fatal shootings.

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This weekend’s fatalities were Jeremy Tang, 20, and Felipe Batista Jr., 26, who were each found dead by police Sunday, as well as James McChristian, 26, who died Saturday. The fourth victim died in the hospital Saturday and his name and age have not been released. In 2016, nine people were shot on Labor Day alone in Chicago. If the numbers hold, however, this weekend will have been far less dangerous than last year’s, which saw 13 killed and 52 wounded. Chicago has been focused on preparing for weekends by getting guns off the streets by Fridays with weekday raids. Police conducted raids before Memorial Day weekend that netted 49 weapons, but the holiday weekend still saw 52 people shot.

The left-wing Brady Campaign hails Illinois as one of the “10 states in the nation with the strongest gun laws that help keep guns away from criminals and other dangerous people.” The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence also puts Illinois in its top 10. Yet this bloodshed not only persists, but thrives.

But don’t worry. In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be are hard at work tackling real problems…like fighting to stop the federal government from removing lawbreaking illegal immigrants from the city. From the Chicago Tribune, as quoted in TFPP’s August 5 report:

“We’re not going to actually auction off our values as a city, so Monday morning the city of Chicago is going to court, we’re going to take the Justice Department to court based on this,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said during a interview slated to air Sunday on WLS radio 890, set to air Sunday, The Chicago Tribune reported Friday. “We find it unlawful and unconstitutional to be, as a city, coerced on a policy,” added Mr. Emanuel, a second-term Democrat who served in the administrations of Presidents Clinton and Obama before being elected mayor in 2011. Specifically Mr. Emanuel said the city will sue in federal court to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from restricting the use of Byrne Justice Assistance Grants which are federal funds awarded annually to state, local and tribal jurisdictions to assist with law enforcement personnel, training and equipment.

Hear that? Enforcing immigration law would compromise Chicago’s values, but the streets running red doesn’t. Protecting illegals matters more than their police having the funds to protect citizens.

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Liberalism is every bit as senseless as a hurricane, but there’s nothing natural about it.