Another Gun Control Success Story
From the Boston Herald, a story touting the success of liberal gun control policy.
Cabbie picks up passenger. Passenger puts a knife to his neck, demanding all his money. Passenger then cuts cabbie's throat and a struggle ensues. Cabbie, immigrant father of four working to make a better life for his family, nearly dies. Bad guy gets away.
The solution proposed by city officials:
Meanwhile, a Hackney official said Joseph's brutal attack may have been prevented if cabs outside of the city were required to have barriers between the front and back seats, as the ones in Boston are.
"There is just no question in my mind that a barrier would have bought this cab driver time to get away,'' said Mark Cohen, director of licensing for Boston Police's Hackney Division.
Yeah, that'll solve the problem. Make the guy pay to have a barrier installed in his cab. That way the criminals can get back to preying on the elderly. And this crap about giving him time to run away? Typical liberal solution, do whatever you have to do to avoid facing the problem head on.
That would be just great. The guy runs away, bad guy gets his money and his cab. You think the cabbie's boss will be understanding when he walks back to the garage and explains what happened? Think he'll just give him a new cab?
Making it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm for personal defense will make it impossible for the criminal to know who's armed and who's not. Why can't the Feinstein/Kennedy/Schumer camp grasp this ridiculously simple concept?
Cabbie picks up passenger. Passenger puts a knife to his neck, demanding all his money. Passenger then cuts cabbie's throat and a struggle ensues. Cabbie, immigrant father of four working to make a better life for his family, nearly dies. Bad guy gets away.
The solution proposed by city officials:
Meanwhile, a Hackney official said Joseph's brutal attack may have been prevented if cabs outside of the city were required to have barriers between the front and back seats, as the ones in Boston are.
"There is just no question in my mind that a barrier would have bought this cab driver time to get away,'' said Mark Cohen, director of licensing for Boston Police's Hackney Division.
Yeah, that'll solve the problem. Make the guy pay to have a barrier installed in his cab. That way the criminals can get back to preying on the elderly. And this crap about giving him time to run away? Typical liberal solution, do whatever you have to do to avoid facing the problem head on.
That would be just great. The guy runs away, bad guy gets his money and his cab. You think the cabbie's boss will be understanding when he walks back to the garage and explains what happened? Think he'll just give him a new cab?
Making it easier for law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm for personal defense will make it impossible for the criminal to know who's armed and who's not. Why can't the Feinstein/Kennedy/Schumer camp grasp this ridiculously simple concept?
