Criminals Commit Crime - Who Knew?
POST UPDATED (unfortunately) - SEE BELOW
The neighbors of Jean Lampron, the 64-year-old women viciously mugged by some dirtbag in Southie yesterday, are speaking out.
I'll tell you why. Because "nice" people obey the law. Violent criminal scumbags do not. I don't know if I can put that in any simpler terms than that.
What? You mean our "most effective gun laws in the nation" haven't brought about the realization of Senator Barrios' Utopian vision of the land of flowers, folk music, and love beads? Why, we should all be frolicking like drunken hobbits in the Shire by now.
Damn you, Karl Rove!
It's almost as if the criminals - whose very existence revolves around a total lack of respect for the law and for the lives of others - know their victims will be unable to defend themselves and take advantage of that fact to assault, beat, rob, and rape them at will.
And, that's how the Mayor likes it.
If that statement is inaccurate, then there's absolutely nothing preventing Mayor Menino from holding a press conference today announcing that any law-abiding resident of Boston who chooses to can apply for, and receive, a license to carry a concealed weapon, with which to defend themselves from the bands of thugs that continue to wreak havoc in our city.
Of course, the chances of that happening are slightly lower then the chances of me shitting a pile of gold bricks this morning.
Notice he's not outraged to be part of a political system that, over the years, has successfully rendered these harmless women defenseless - in the name of public safety, of course. Apparently, he's outraged by the realization that criminals don't obey the law - as if this is some kind of new development.
Welcome to Boston.
UPDATE: I hope you're happy now, Mayor Menino.
Jean Lampron died this morning.
Your cunning scheme to create a target-rich environment for the city's violent predatory criminals through the disarming of the law-abiding citizenry is functioning flawlessly, as planned.
The hard-working, decent people in the City of Boston are being terrorized by lawless thugs on a daily basis, while you enjoy the protection of an armed security detail, paid for with Ms. Lampron's tax dollars - a luxury unavailable, needless to say, to the people about whom you pretend to care so deeply.
So, congratulations, asshole. And, please, give my regards to Senator Barrios at your next meeting with Handgun Control, Inc. You all must be beaming with pride this morning over all you've accomplished.
The neighbors of Jean Lampron, the 64-year-old women viciously mugged by some dirtbag in Southie yesterday, are speaking out.
"Why such a nice lady? I'm so angry."
I'll tell you why. Because "nice" people obey the law. Violent criminal scumbags do not. I don't know if I can put that in any simpler terms than that.
"It's getting bad over here. Lots of ladies are getting robbed."
What? You mean our "most effective gun laws in the nation" haven't brought about the realization of Senator Barrios' Utopian vision of the land of flowers, folk music, and love beads? Why, we should all be frolicking like drunken hobbits in the Shire by now.
Damn you, Karl Rove!
It's almost as if the criminals - whose very existence revolves around a total lack of respect for the law and for the lives of others - know their victims will be unable to defend themselves and take advantage of that fact to assault, beat, rob, and rape them at will.
And, that's how the Mayor likes it.
If that statement is inaccurate, then there's absolutely nothing preventing Mayor Menino from holding a press conference today announcing that any law-abiding resident of Boston who chooses to can apply for, and receive, a license to carry a concealed weapon, with which to defend themselves from the bands of thugs that continue to wreak havoc in our city.
Of course, the chances of that happening are slightly lower then the chances of me shitting a pile of gold bricks this morning.
City Council President Michael Flaherty said he was outraged by the attack on a "defenseless and harmless woman."
Notice he's not outraged to be part of a political system that, over the years, has successfully rendered these harmless women defenseless - in the name of public safety, of course. Apparently, he's outraged by the realization that criminals don't obey the law - as if this is some kind of new development.
Welcome to Boston.
UPDATE: I hope you're happy now, Mayor Menino.
Jean Lampron died this morning.
Your cunning scheme to create a target-rich environment for the city's violent predatory criminals through the disarming of the law-abiding citizenry is functioning flawlessly, as planned.
The hard-working, decent people in the City of Boston are being terrorized by lawless thugs on a daily basis, while you enjoy the protection of an armed security detail, paid for with Ms. Lampron's tax dollars - a luxury unavailable, needless to say, to the people about whom you pretend to care so deeply.
So, congratulations, asshole. And, please, give my regards to Senator Barrios at your next meeting with Handgun Control, Inc. You all must be beaming with pride this morning over all you've accomplished.
