I would like to ask the mother (where is dad again?) if her son was killed by a legally purchased handgun, used by a person transporting it legally within the city limits?
"No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before."
-- Colin Greenwood
When are "They" ever gonna get it???? The bad guys are the bad guys for a reason...THEY DON'T OBEY THE LAWS! They are probably getting a real laugh out of all this. These stupid politicians working for us...duuuuuuuuuuuuuh
The state's only obligation should be to lock up criminals and assure they stay locked up for their entire sentence! If they want to eat and have clothing the prisioners should have to provide that for themselves. If they can't, so be it!!! That should provide, at the very least, a small incentive to stay out of prision!
maybe he can walk down the street with a shopping cart with a sign GIVE UP YOUR GUNS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AT NIGHT,,bet
Jackson and his ilk are morons. They already have some of the toughest gun laws in the country in Chicago and the laws haven't put a dent in the homicide rate. Flash for you, the criminals don't obey the laws Jesse, that's why we call them criminals.
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Let's not forget that Illinois is one of the few states whose gun laws were given a grade of A by the Bradys. Also, most densely populated urban centers are going to have a lot of homicides every year regardless of what the gun laws are. For example, look at Philadelphia, located in gun-friendly Pennsylvania and look at Chicago, located in gun-unfriendly Illinois. Both have murder rates above the national average, and it has nothing to do with their gun laws. It has more to do with the prevalence of poverty and drugs than guns. But I wouldn't expect the antis to understand that. In their minds, it's the guns' fault.
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While I partially agree with you, Philadelphia as I remember is not gun-friendly and has a lot of restrictions (probably illegally).look at Philadelphia, located in gun-friendly Pennsylvania
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Uhhh - don't gang bangers regard prison time as a demonstration of street cred and the opportunity for advanced instruction for criminal activities?
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