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Realist - The facts as I see them on Friday, April 27, 2007 11:20:57 AM
Every time something happens which involves firearms (and sometimes even if it did not), we hear the same old thing.........."we need more gun laws". It is a tired old song but, they keep on playing it.
Philadelphia is a perfect example. Murders keep going up. Naturally, the city government wants more gun laws. They chose to ignore that fact that millions of dollars of the city's budget are wasted on give-aways and nonsense projects. Those dollars could be paying for more and better enforcement of the law. Since existing laws, from car insurance to drug laws are not fully enforced now, what good will more laws do? I have it directly from some of the cops that, many new police personnel are of minimal ability but, are pushed through the academy to to meet quotas or, because the city is afraid of law suites if they fail them. Hey Philly! Your life (and the lives of other cops) are in the hands of people who would not be hired if the system was really merit based. That has to make you feel secure!
The gun control crowd chooses to ignore what has happened in Great Britain and Australia since their gun bans. Violent crime has sky rocketed. Now, why would that be? Might it be that criminals are called that because, they do not obey laws, no matter how many you pass? No one said that all criminals are stupid. The criminals have come to the conclusion that, if the public cannot have guns, they have no defense. If they have no defense, it is open season! Of course, in the face of this logic, the gun crowd will will still demand additional laws which, will just add to those already being ignored by the criminals and not enforced anyway.
The solution. Hire enough qualified policeman to enforce the laws in existence now. Stop deluding yourself that criminals will pay attention to your idealistic wishes and laws in general because again, THEY ARE CRIMINALS! Gun laws just deny a means of defense to those of us who actually obey laws and present no threat to anyone else. I am told that, in Scotland, murders and violent crime have increased demonstrably by the use of knives. Should we pass a law against sharp objects in the kitchen?
The use of one of today's rarest commodities, common sense, would clear these issues up quickly. However, liberals live in a world where intentions are more important than results. Where, facts are ignored in favor of some utopian notion of society. It has never worked and, will never work. It is up to the "realists" among us to ignore the liberals and, keep society on track. They are like children who need to be seen, but not heard or, allowed the ability to get themselves or us in trouble.