The Menino Plan is Working
Well, the mayor's plan to disarm the citizens the Boston seems to be working. Just one small problem, innocent people are being killed as direct result of it. Why? Because, GUNS DON'T CAUSE CRIME! They can sure as hell prevent crime, but that would require actually allowing law-abiding citizens to carry firearms to defend themselves. Good Lord, we can't have that. Why that might put the drug dealers, muggers, and rapists at a severe disadvantage. And that wouldn't be fair. Where's the "social justice" in that plan?
Today's MGCSS/DHBA comes from Dorchester, where the city's 20th homicide victim met his fate coming to the aid of a friend who had been mugged. Congratulations, Mr. Mayor (and the rest of you gun-grabbing scumbags), I hope you're reading the papers this morning and enjoying the fruit of your labor.
Dorchester activist is fatally stabbed
While I applaud the actions of Mr. Beresford coming to the aid of a friend in need (that's what friends do), I can't help but think this story would have had a much happier ending had he went to help his friend with a gun in hand.
Unfortunately, it seems Mr. Beresford, and far too many of the city's residents, had been paying attention to Mayor Menino while he was spouting off bullshit like this:
Menino, being the consummate politician that he is, seems perfectly content to sacrifice the lives of the people of Boston in order to maintain the confidence of the voters of the city. Does anyone think, for one second, he would actually admit the streets are unsafe after having spent so many years in office. Why, that might mean he's been an ineffective, limp-dicked weasel, more concerned with maintaining power than actually doing something to better the lives of the people of Boston.
So, if you're keeping score at home (yes, you should be):
Upstanding citizen and devoted community activist getting a knife plunged into his heart by a couple thugs = "issue"
Upstanding citizens looking for permission to carry a firearm to defend themselves from violent assaults = a dangerous, unsafe situation which would result inviolent criminals babies being killed.
On a somewhat related side note - a campaign worker for Mayor Menino came to my door looking for signatures for his re-election efforts. I gave him a polite "no", but should have just referred him to the back end of my Jeep for a little reading material.
Today's MGCSS/DHBA comes from Dorchester, where the city's 20th homicide victim met his fate coming to the aid of a friend who had been mugged. Congratulations, Mr. Mayor (and the rest of you gun-grabbing scumbags), I hope you're reading the papers this morning and enjoying the fruit of your labor.
Dorchester activist is fatally stabbed
John Beresford got an urgent call yesterday from a friend who said muggers had snatched a companion's purse. He ran out of his Dorchester house to nearby Ronan Park to help and confronted two young men believed to be the muggers. But his courageous act put the 40-year-old neighborhood activist face to face with an attacker who plunged a knife into his chest.
While I applaud the actions of Mr. Beresford coming to the aid of a friend in need (that's what friends do), I can't help but think this story would have had a much happier ending had he went to help his friend with a gun in hand.
Beresford was pronounced dead shortly afterward at Boston Medical Center, the city's 20th homicide this year. The slaying stunned neighbors near the park, a wide, grassy perch with sweeping views of Boston Harbor, which for years has been plagued by violence and drug dealers.
Unfortunately, it seems Mr. Beresford, and far too many of the city's residents, had been paying attention to Mayor Menino while he was spouting off bullshit like this:
It's a safe city, but I think we have an issue today that must be addressed.
Menino, being the consummate politician that he is, seems perfectly content to sacrifice the lives of the people of Boston in order to maintain the confidence of the voters of the city. Does anyone think, for one second, he would actually admit the streets are unsafe after having spent so many years in office. Why, that might mean he's been an ineffective, limp-dicked weasel, more concerned with maintaining power than actually doing something to better the lives of the people of Boston.
So, if you're keeping score at home (yes, you should be):
Upstanding citizen and devoted community activist getting a knife plunged into his heart by a couple thugs = "issue"
Upstanding citizens looking for permission to carry a firearm to defend themselves from violent assaults = a dangerous, unsafe situation which would result in
On a somewhat related side note - a campaign worker for Mayor Menino came to my door looking for signatures for his re-election efforts. I gave him a polite "no", but should have just referred him to the back end of my Jeep for a little reading material.
