Damn – they actually admitted in print that gun bans don’t work. I really like the academics backing that too, but it’s not like they are our friends though. If these ‘safe neighborhood’ programs are viewed as a better alternative, maybe gun control can be taken off the table. Just like prohibition didn’t work. Unfortunately the real solution to gang violence probably won’t come to fruition in our lifetime: ending the War on Drugs and legalizing it all.
HFS! 19,000 weapons recovered in one year?!?!?! That handgun ban and those oppressive, unconstitutional gun control laws and prior-restraint FOID cards are really quelling the “gun violence” in Chicago, Huh?
they want to make the city safe… STOP LETTING THE GANG MEMBERS OUT OF JAIL… not just early releases either… but if someone commits a gang related crime, make it a mandatory 25 year sentence…
Careful Chris, you’re starting to sound like the gun-grabbers. We;ve been packing the jail system for decades and the crime continues. Let’s take note from people who really are smarter than us, the founders, and not rely on more government to solve our problems. The answer is freedom, not oppression.
Absolutely the answer is freedom. The freedom to defend your life and shoot the sonofabitch that tries to rob, rape, or murder you. I could get into that freedom thing.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Damn – they actually admitted in print that gun bans don’t work. I really like the academics backing that too, but it’s not like they are our friends though. If these ‘safe neighborhood’ programs are viewed as a better alternative, maybe gun control can be taken off the table. Just like prohibition didn’t work. Unfortunately the real solution to gang violence probably won’t come to fruition in our lifetime: ending the War on Drugs and legalizing it all.
April 29th, 2008 at 10:37 am
HFS! 19,000 weapons recovered in one year?!?!?! That handgun ban and those oppressive, unconstitutional gun control laws and prior-restraint FOID cards are really quelling the “gun violence” in Chicago, Huh?
April 29th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
they want to make the city safe… STOP LETTING THE GANG MEMBERS OUT OF JAIL… not just early releases either… but if someone commits a gang related crime, make it a mandatory 25 year sentence…
April 29th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Careful Chris, you’re starting to sound like the gun-grabbers. We;ve been packing the jail system for decades and the crime continues. Let’s take note from people who really are smarter than us, the founders, and not rely on more government to solve our problems. The answer is freedom, not oppression.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Absolutely the answer is freedom. The freedom to defend your life and shoot the sonofabitch that tries to rob, rape, or murder you. I could get into that freedom thing.