More MA Gun Control Success
Yes, yet another gun control success story in the utopian paradise of Massachusetts. During a confrontation following a fender-bender on the streets of New Bedford...
There isn't a piece of gun-control legislation ANYWHERE that would have prevented this jackass from obtaining, carrying, and using a firearm in the commission of a crime. Did this guy take a firearms safety course? Did he plunk down $100 for a permit application, and submit his fingerprints to the State Police? Did he retain a spent shell casing and ensure that one was forwarded to the state for ballistic fingerprinting purposes? Was the gun he used on AG Tom Reilly's list of handguns approved for sale in Massachusetts? Did he keep it locked in a pistol safe in his place of residence?
Criminals don't obey laws! Hence, the meaning of the word "criminal". Hello??? Anyone home???
Apologies to the dead horse for this beating.
Update: also from the Boston Herald, comes this gem.
Why is reality so difficult to grasp for those holding the chains of power on Beacon Hill? Thanks to our leaders' efforts in passing gun control laws making it ridiculously difficult to obtain a permit to carry a firearm for personal protection, we now live in an environment where this can happen. Of course, the policy accepted by most of these stores is give the bad guy whatever he wants (not the two in the hat that he needs).
"OK. Have a nice day."
Woo-hoo! Free money, everyone!
- "Garcia, who police said is suspected of being an illegal alien, allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot Andrade once in the chest."
"Garcia is charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm."
There isn't a piece of gun-control legislation ANYWHERE that would have prevented this jackass from obtaining, carrying, and using a firearm in the commission of a crime. Did this guy take a firearms safety course? Did he plunk down $100 for a permit application, and submit his fingerprints to the State Police? Did he retain a spent shell casing and ensure that one was forwarded to the state for ballistic fingerprinting purposes? Was the gun he used on AG Tom Reilly's list of handguns approved for sale in Massachusetts? Did he keep it locked in a pistol safe in his place of residence?
Criminals don't obey laws! Hence, the meaning of the word "criminal". Hello??? Anyone home???
Apologies to the dead horse for this beating.
Update: also from the Boston Herald, comes this gem.
Why is reality so difficult to grasp for those holding the chains of power on Beacon Hill? Thanks to our leaders' efforts in passing gun control laws making it ridiculously difficult to obtain a permit to carry a firearm for personal protection, we now live in an environment where this can happen. Of course, the policy accepted by most of these stores is give the bad guy whatever he wants (not the two in the hat that he needs).
- "A man wearing sunglasses and a baseball hat swiped $1,600 from a Waltham Shaw's Supermarket yesterday after announcing he had a gun, police said."
"The clerk complied and the man walked out of the store in an unknown direction, police said."
"OK. Have a nice day."
Woo-hoo! Free money, everyone!
