Over a 17-hour period this weekend, more American’s were shot and killed in Chicago then in the last 20 days in Iraq.

You know, where we’re fighting a war. I’m waiting for Harry Reid to proclaim that we’ve lost the war in Chicago, too.

CHICAGO (CBS) ? A violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. At least 12 people have been shot, two of them killed, since Saturday morning. This comes after at least 20 people were shot, four of them killed, from Friday night through early Saturday.

The irony is that Chicago — thanks in large part to Barack Obama — has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Which, as we all know, only restricts the legal ownership of guns by responsible, law-abiding citizens.

Oddly enough, the various thugs and gangsters around Chicago haven’t been deterred from illegally obtaining guns.

And what do police blame for the recent spat of shootings? Do they blame the failed democratic policies of Chicago which have failed generation after generation of inner-city minorities? Do they blame the continued demise of the nuclear family resulting in more and more children growing up without the parental guidance of their fathers? Do they even blame the thugs and gangsters themselves for the shootings?

Nope.

They blame the heat. I shit you not:

Chicago police are now stepping up patrols in areas that they call “hot zones.” Police blame the warmer temperatures for the spike in violence.

Maybe if we had free universal air conditioning these kids wouldn’t have to shoot each other?