(I know a took a few days off, but it’s catch-up time now.)

During the armed robbery of a cellphone store in beautiful downtown Chicago …

Like the cell phone store owner who, defending himself from an armed robber, sprang into action to put a bullet in the chest of an innocent 27-year-old man at the bus stop across the street, and another through the wall of the apartment of a nearby family of five (and into their TV set).

Luckily, everybody escaped without deadly injury, including … the robber, who “left the scene, unharmed.”

I do not know where the good guy with a gun was or the well-organized militia.

Neither were in Baton Rouge either.  In the category of Grandma Always Like You Better …

An 18-year-old man accidentally shot his 16-year-old cousin in the torso Wednesday evening on Jefferson Avenue near Plank Road.

Corie Burge, who lives in the 2300 block of Jefferson Avenue, and his cousin were playing with the firearm inside a house when the gun went off, Baton Rouge Police spokesperson Cpl. Don Coppola said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he is expected to survive, Coppola said.

Or in Denver.  This happened on Christmas morning.  Guess what she got for Christmas?

An early Christmas morning shooting in Denver appears to have been self-inflicted and accidental, according to a Denver Police Department spokesperson.

The shooting victim, a woman, was taken to Denver Health via private vehicle, according to Denver Police Department spokesperson Sonny Jackson.

Y’all, I can’t take any more days off.  People just start shooting each other.