Local Politician Wants Me Locked Up

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From the land of "the most effective gun control laws in the nation" comes this startling (not) front-page story.

4 slain in Dorchester house

Four people were shot dead in a startling attack inside the basement of a Dorchester house last night.

I guess it all depends on your definition of the word "effective".

It appeared to be Boston's deadliest shooting since the execution-style murder of five people in an underground Chinatown gambling parlor in 1991.

Boston Police Superintendent Bobbie Johnson said the shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Bourneside Street, which is near Fields Corner. Police who responded found four men in their late teens to early 20s. Three were dead. The fourth, a 21-year-old suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

Police stressed that the gunfire erupted inside the home and that the attack did not appear random. Police said they received preliminary reports of a heavy-set male leaving the house after the shooting, but said they didn't have enough details to put out a description.

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"I'd like to reiterate that this incident happened in the basement, not outside," Johnson told reporters at the scene late last night. "Even if we had had 100 cops on the beat, we wouldn't have been able to prevent it."

But another dozen or so gun control laws would have done the trick, right?

Senator Barrios? Representative Toomey? Linsky? Anyone?

If increased police presence was all that was required to curb the violent crime rate in the city, the Dudley Square MBTA bus station would be the safest hangout in town.

Boston City Councilor Maureen Feeney was on the radio this morning blaming this latest multiple homicide on (quel surprise) the gun used in the shooting - not the piece of shit who actually pulled the trigger. Yes, Maureen, it was all the gun's fault.

You have got to stop cutting the pills in half, sweetheart.

She followed that comment up with one torn right from the pages of the Rosie O'Donnell playbook, saying that anyone in the City of Boston should be thrown in jail. WRKO talk show host, Scott Allen Miller, gave her a chance to clarify her position.

Miller: I gotta back up to something you just said, though. Are you saying that anyone...who possesses a gun in Boston should be...should be locked up?

Feeney: Yes. I am.

Like I said, sweety, take the whole pill.

OK, maybe I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, and conclude that she was referring to the illegal possession of firearms in the city. It can be hard to get your point across clearly on a short radio interview conducted over the phone. But the fact that she made only a passing reference to the lawless scumbag who actually pulled the trigger was quite telling.

UPDATE: The Boston Herald has the audio of Scott Allen Miller's (WRKO) interview this morning with City Councilor Maureen Feeney here.