Visibly moved by the funeral Wednesday for slain Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy, Gov. Rendell yesterday called for tougher penalties for shooting at a police officers and pledged to renew his fight for three gun-control laws stalled in the Legislature...
The proposed laws would require gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons, limit handgun sales to one per person per month, and enable municipalities to enact their own gun laws.
I don't get it. I thought Philly was a done deal...?
Murder is murder. There should not be tougher penalties for killing a cop. On the other hand, when a cop kills a person there should be very severe penalties involved. Cops choose their life-of-crime; they should stop acting like spoiled babies when someone shoots back. Government wants their enforcers to be able to act without any consequences.
ReplyDeleteTough sell indeed.I'm glad to live in a state with strong opposition to Draconian gun legislation.When my wife and I spent a weekend in Philly sometime ago,there were police on virtually every block we were on.We felt safer walking the alleys,and did.
ReplyDeleteStop beating up on the NRA, already. We all know that any law that goes unenforced isn't worth the paper it's written on.
ReplyDeleteI happen to know that LESS THAN HALF of the people that the PPD pick up for illegal gun possession ever see the inside of a court room, let alone a prison cell.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA - AND ONLY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA - IS TO BLAME FOR ITS MURDER RATE.
Don't blame the NRA for trying to use the same tactics as their enemies.
Beating up on the NRA?
ReplyDeleteVoolfie, you're joking, right?
Or are you FOR federal gun control laws?
Ain't no such thing as "illegal gun possession".
ReplyDeleteThank you Kent--was gonna add that, but frankly, my jaw had dropped and I was flabbergasted.
ReplyDelete"No such thing as illegal gun possession?"
ReplyDeleteTHAT attitude is what allows the enemies of RKBA to advance their agenda.
Wake up!
Just because the enemies of gun owners don't like the truth, it doesn't change it. I am not going to budge for people who would rather see me dead than properly armed. To me, that is the definition of "awake"; recognizing the truth even under threat.
ReplyDeleteDavid, Kent's comment about enemies of gun owner jarred a tho't loose. Since we have a People of the Gun website, can we have an Enemy of the Gun also? Sam
ReplyDeleteWe could, Sam, assuming someone has the time to do it. Thing is, People of the Gun consists of non-celebrity or politician citizens, and I don't know how we'd get pictures of citizen counterparts who oppose rkba--if it is to be of "famous" antigunners, there's already the NRA Blacklist site featuring famous subversive airheads...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nrablacklist.com/
But how can we get the NRA honchos to put their own pictures on that one?
ReplyDeleteBeating up on the NRA? Surely you jest. How is it beating up the NRA to point out that many of the gun control programs in force today were written by and lobbied for by the NRA?.
ReplyDeleteProject Exile didn't eliminate any crime and it didn't take a genius to know it wouldn't. At best, it sent the miscreants to someone else's home town. Send some out, get some back. DUH!
But, think of all the dinners Wayne got to attend and all the friends he made on the stupid side of the issue.
When are you people going to take your collective head out of your ass, comb the shit out of your eyes and realize that it doesn't matter that we're right?
ReplyDeleteOurs is a political struggle - and that means that sometimes you have to give a little to get a little.
Did the NRA push for a gun control law? Yes! Why? Because a law was gonna get passed anyway and better the NRA write it than Chuck Shumer and Diane Feinstein. If you had it your way, the NRA would have just yelled "No!" instead of remaining part of the process - thereby insuring the passage of a law orders of magnitude worse than what we actually ended up with.
The choice is NOT between an NRA sponsored "gun control" law and no law. The choice is between an irritating, pointless law (w/NRA) and a truly horrible, draconian law (w/o NRA).
Politics is the art of the possible. You don't seem to understand that.
"Compromise" means "we" give a little, "they" give a little, and we meet in the middle. When do "they" EVER give a little? Never. The "middle" shifts closer to total disarmament with every compromise. NO F'ING MORE!
ReplyDeleteVoolfie, have another glass of KoolAid and STFU. The men are talking.
ReplyDeleteIdiot.
Pretty brave, there, aren't you...Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteJust because you're not smart enough to understand what I'm saying doesn't mean you shouldn't pay attention.
It seems you'd rather be right - than successful.
You folks keep on undercutting the NRA and watch what happens.
Historically, the political landscape is littered with the corpses of absolutist movements like yours.
I've got some unpleasant news for you: you're not as smart, as ruthless or as powerful as "Team Hillary" or "Team Schumer" or "Team Feinstein" - and one on one, they'll take your guns away from you, make *you* look like the bad guys and have video on the six o'clock news of your neighbors thanking them for doing it.
"Don't Tread on Me" is all very well, until the police come to your door and you have to choose between your precious "rights" and your family's future. If it comes to that, I guarantee you that you won't have the kinds of numbers you think you do.
Is that really what you want? If not, then don't be so quick to dismiss strategies you know nothing of.
Adults? Please, don't embarass yourself.