Over the weekend there were 36 shootings in the city of Chicago; 9 people were killed. I find this an amazing number. Since Chicago has virtually banned handguns with some of the toughest laws on the books, one has to wonder how all these people were shot with handguns. Now, admittedly, one of those shootings was from an Ak47 variant used to shoot up a plumbing store, but the various news reports were unable to confirm if anyone was hurt or killed in the plumbing supply store.
The Police Superintendent stated, "There are just too many weapons here. "Too many guns, too many gangs."
Wrong, lady. There are too many guns in the hands of criminals. The laws of your city left 36 people without protection or a way to defend themselves. It is a shame that any of these people were wounded, let alone being killed, but the travesty here is that many of these could have been prevent if law-abiding citizens were allowed to defend themselves.
There were interviews on CNN with school principles decrying the violence caused by gangs and gun, but no one stated that these "gun free zones" leave citizens defenseless. You cannot blame the police, but the lawmakers need to think about the innocents walking the street with targets on their chests just asking to be robbed, murdered, raped, etc. I have no pity for any gangbangers who may have been shot or killed, but the people whose only crime was being at the wrong place at the wrong time in one of the state and city sanctioned criminal marketplace deserve their rights to protect themselves.
It is time for lawmakers to actually read the Constitution of the U,S, and their states and not hide behind public sentiment.
