For John, BLUF: Are we talking gun safety or political theater? Nothing to see here; just move along.
Who is Mr Wayne LaPierre and why is he saying bad things about Chicago? Here is how Blogger and Law Professor Ann Althouse puts it in her blog:
Do you know where Chicago ranks in terms of enforcement of the federal gun laws? Out of 90 jurisdictions in the country, they ranked 90th. Why doesn't NBC News start with, 'Shocking news on Chicago. Of all the jurisdictions in the country, Chicago's dead last on enforcement of the federal gun laws'? Why doesn't the national press corps, when they're sitting down there with Jay Carney and the president and the vice president, why don't they say, 'Why is Chicago dead last in enforcement of the gun laws against gangs with guns, felons with guns, drug dealers with guns'?Here is the link to the "Meet the Press" page, which Professor Althouse uses with Mr LaPierre's question, "Why push for bad new laws when good old ones are not enforced?"
Sometimes it seems that "Gun Control Laws" are about making it hard on the law abiding citizens, while ignoring the problems of those who are willing to skirt our flout the laws. I provide the Althouse Blog link for quick access to the caustic comments.
Regards — Cliff
First, the entire "conversation" has absolutely nothing to do with guns and their lawful control. It has EVERYTHING to do with political theater to score points on the unspeakable tragedies occurring because existing gun laws are not enforced. It has EVERYTHING to do with CONTROL.
ReplyDeleteThis administration has no desire for gun control. What they are working toward is gun confiscation.
This is the same trojan horse approach used in the case of Obamacare. Pass the plan knowing full well it is so expensive that it will fail, and then declare the failure as the justification for going to a Federally directed single payer system.
Any gun "control" measure is designed to fail. And the administration and their Congressional lapdogs are waiting for the opportunity to point that out and declare that the only REAL means of dealing with guns and society is to confiscate them all....well....except for the ones Big Sister has. Those will be used on us.