Like Needles In a Haystack
That's what it's like reading the news accounts about the ongoing violence in the streets of Boston, and trying to find some evidence of common-sense emanating therefrom.
In this Boston Globe article...
...we have to read all the way through to the very last paragraph before we get to this breath of fresh air from Herschel Walker, a minister at the Blue Hill Church of Christ in Mattapan.
What? You mean the solution doesn't lie in having the government dictate to us how to lead our lives. But, Mumbles insists it's just a matter of getting the rest of the world on board with his anti-gun rights agenda, and this problem will simply disappear.
You know, just like having crack made illegal in our neighboring states has solved the crack problem in Boston. Oh, wait...
Now, in this Boston Herald story...
...we only have to read five paragraphs in for this comment by a concerned resident who "gets it".
Well, sure, not now maybe? But, that's just because we don't yet have a "One Gun a Month" law here in Massachusetts. Now, that "common-sense gun safety law" (along with the oft-proposed handgun liability insurance charade) will really get some respect from the city's criminal element!
Menino, as usual, is in front of the cameras and microphones today blaming the guns and not the piece of shit, sub-human thugs pulling the trigger. Sound familiar?
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on.
In this Boston Globe article...
Shootings leave 1 dead, 4 wounded
A shooting outside a Mattapan community center early yesterday left one man dead and two seriously injured, while a man in the South End was critically wounded as gun violence continued to grip city neighborhoods.
The shootings, along with at least two others yesterday, deepened fears that violent street crime continues to escalate despite a concerted effort in recent weeks by law enforcement and community leaders to curb the homicide rate and find those responsible for the shootings.
...we have to read all the way through to the very last paragraph before we get to this breath of fresh air from Herschel Walker, a minister at the Blue Hill Church of Christ in Mattapan.
"It's a family thing, not a government thing," he said.
What? You mean the solution doesn't lie in having the government dictate to us how to lead our lives. But, Mumbles insists it's just a matter of getting the rest of the world on board with his anti-gun rights agenda, and this problem will simply disappear.
You know, just like having crack made illegal in our neighboring states has solved the crack problem in Boston. Oh, wait...
Now, in this Boston Herald story...
1 shot dead, 2 critically hurt at community center
A hail of gunfire erupted early Sunday outside a popular community center in Mattapan, killing one man and leaving two others barely clinging to life.
...we only have to read five paragraphs in for this comment by a concerned resident who "gets it".
"It's terrible and it won't get any better because those kids over there, they don't respect anything," said one resident who declined to give his name.
Well, sure, not now maybe? But, that's just because we don't yet have a "One Gun a Month" law here in Massachusetts. Now, that "common-sense gun safety law" (along with the oft-proposed handgun liability insurance charade) will really get some respect from the city's criminal element!
Menino, as usual, is in front of the cameras and microphones today blaming the guns and not the piece of shit, sub-human thugs pulling the trigger. Sound familiar?
News flash - You could drop a crate full of handguns, rifles, and shotguns on every street corner in a town with a low criminal population and guess what the result would be?
A LOW CRIME RATE!
If scientists can teach a chimpanzee to crap in a diaper, you'd think there might a faint sliver of hope that Menino could learn about, and address, some of the real problems facing the people of Boston today. But, that thought would soon fade.
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on.
