I watched the video the other day of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s ridiculous reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that shot down Washington D.C.’s handgun ban.
The angry mayor scoffed, “"Why don't we do away with the court system and go back to the Old West? You have a gun, and I have a gun. We'll settle it on the streets."
Maybe he should start listening to his constituents who are sick and tired of crime.
"I need a handgun in my home," Chicago resident Colleen Lawson told ABC News. "It comes down to an issue of life or death."
We all know the bad guys have guns and they have access to guns. The high court ruled correctly this week that law-abiding citizens desiring protection should be allowed to have guns in their own homes. Washington’s handgun ban was ruled unconstitutional, so frustrated residents of Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia, cities with similar bans are saying, what about us?
John Lott has written the definitive book on the issue of guns and their relationship to crime. Surveying data from every county in the United States from 1977-1994, Lott makes a strong case that shoots massive holes in the theories of gun control advocates: the more guns, the less crime. A criminal is less likely to strike if the belief is that the target may be armed. Read an interview with Lott, the author of, “More Guns, Less Crime.”
Here’s food for thought. From the Chattanoogan.com:
General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said Friday that crime in Chattanooga "has become so rampant that it is no longer possible for the police department to protect our citizens."
He told a woman who had been pulled from her car and beaten in the head that she or her mother needed to "purchase a weapon, obtain a gun permit and learn to protect yourself."
That’s a far cry from the position taken by Richard Daley and gun control advocates:
Hide under your bed and pray.
