Phony-baloney Bryan Miller
He wrote a piece on guns in PA that is as ridiculous as you’d expect from a member of Ceasefire NJ:
WHAT DO politicians do when they’re under pressure from press and constituents, but lack the clout, skill or patience to do real heavy-lifting?
They propose meaningless half-measures, call them “first steps,” feign concern, gather similarly challenged colleagues and talk of the need for compromise. It’s the politicians’ dance that bamboozles and avoids responsibility
Well, we agree on that. More:
Well, watch out, Philadelphia. Here it comes. This time the dance will be about the growing scourge of gun violence.
We’ll soon hear that a watered-down and time-limited one-handgun-a-month bill is on tap, which will do little, if anything, to save lives. Pols’ sweat will be saved, but not our tears.
It appears that Philadelphia legislators have dumped the statewide one-handgun-a-month bill gaining public support by leaps and bounds for a Philly-only bill that would “sunset” in seven years. The new bill, like cotton candy, looks and tastes good – but it’s ultimately unfulfilling.
Even if you had your way, it wouldn’t matter. One gun a month bills do nothing to stop crime. Ask the CDC. And, as Bryan’s state of New Jersey has proven, criminals just get guns from out of state when restrictions are placed on their purchase. More:
The problem is the unfettered flow of guns onto Delaware Valley streets from Pennsylvania gun shops. It’s estimated that five of every six guns recovered from crimes are illegal. Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms data and law-enforcement testimony confirm the virulence of Philly’s illegal gun market.
The market’s already illegal? And you think one more law will stop that? Idiot. More:
The sensible thing to do is limit the illegal movement of guns from gun shops to the street via the existing statewide one-handgun-a-month-bill (S-1002 and HB-871).
There is no bill that will do what you said as long as people do it illegally.
June 23rd, 2006 at 7:39 am
This is the latest theme from the antis: blame other pro-gun states for the problems in anti-gun states.
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:08 am
What the heck is “The Street” anyway? I think this is another subtle tactic of theirs. Use the menacing term “The Street” as often as possible. It really has come to mean nothing more than private ownership of guns.
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:09 am
(Credit for the above idea belongs to Reason Engaged.) http://reasonengaged.blogspot.com He didn’t post on it that I know of, but we’ve talked about it.
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:39 am
Being from the non-Philly part of PA, I’m quite happy to let the city pass all the stupid Philly-only gun laws they want, rather then trying to mess things up for the rest of the state.
*turns to the camera* I say, let them crash.
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Al I know is that the day the government tells me I can only buy one gun a month, is the day I go out of my way buy one gun a month – FAR more guns than I ever imagined buying before.
Just think of all those extra weapons “on the street”.
The “streeet” to hell is paved with do-nothing, feel-good liberal intentions.
June 24th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
Oh, and;
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
There you have it. It seems to me the only question that need be pondered is; “Does restricting the purchase of personal weapons constitute an infringement? Well, that, and; How are we going to punish those who willfully violate the Constitution and their Oath of Office, involving themselves in a conspiracy to deprive fellow citizens of their Constitutionally protected rights?
Any other discussion is just clatter. We’ve allowed ourselves to become fully engaged in the enemy’s battle. There will come a time when we fight on OUR turf. Then and only then will we stand a chance of winning. The NRA, by the way, will have been largely on the sidelines the whole time, discussing the fine points, the merrits, of this or that new gun law.