Sebastian wrote an article about all of the gun control legislation the Philadelphia Democrats are pushing, and I commented:
I hate to state the obvious, but if those people are so worried about crime, they might try locking criminals up and throwing away the keys instead of patting them on the top of the head and making them community heroes. Remember that guy this spring who held up all of those pizza places and convenience stores here? He was convicted and sentenced to 223 years, and the prosecutor is appealing the sentence because he says it should be 455 years.
Maybe our prosecutor could go to Philly and give a seminar on crime prevention.
And why 455 years, instead of 223? Because he used a gun. Note to Philly morons: This is what is known as enforcing the laws on the books, you know, like what the NRA is always saying government should be doing, rather than passing more laws that do nothing except disarm law-abiding citizens.
Of course, you can debate whether 223 years is sufficient, gun or not, for a string of robberies, but that’s really beside the point. If you want to cut the crime rate, then you heavily penalize criminals. Sending criminals to group therapy sessions to sing kumbayah and weave baskets, or turning them into local heroes, doesn’t seem to be working down there, does it?
Law and Order Teacher says:
Right Wing Professor,
March 31, 2008, 9:25 pmGo to my site and watch the short videos of McCain at his best. Everytime I watch them I laugh my ass off. This is the sort of thing he needs to do for the American people to get an idea of him as a real person. Reagan was great at it. He and Tip O’Neill told Irish stories all the time. Although McCain is Scottish, unfortunately not German, his story telling ability is very entertaining. On his biographic tour this would be good.
Jeffrey Quick says:
General point taken, but…
When the NRA says “enforce all the laws” they are also of necessity talking about all the BS and unconstitutional gun control laws.
But if 223 years meant 223 years, there’d be no argument about 446.
April 3, 2008, 2:12 pm