The Gun Rabbi

As any sane person would realize, taking guns out of the hands of good people won't stop the murderers from using them. Even the mainstream press, like PR Newswire, is beginning to understand that.

But Chicago Mayor Daley still doesn't get it and wants all guns -- or at least, all guns owned by law-abiding citizens -- kept out of Chicago. Since when is self-defense a privilege and not a right and obligation?

Fear the government that doesn't trust its own citizens to own guns.

The Washington Times writes that guns will reduce the murder rate in Chicago. Why is that? Surprise, even criminals don't want to get killed. What's the deterrent criminals fear most? It isn't prison. Prison is great for a criminal -- it's like college: free room & board, lots of colleagues to learn from, an opportunity to work out, improve your fighting skills. What could be better for preparing you to "get back to work" on the outside?

No, more than being caught, more than police, criminals fear an armed victim. The odds of police catching a criminal in the act are almost nil. The odds of an armed victim resisting are very high.

Don't believe it? Read all about it in More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott. (Wikipedia Summary)

Well, the news is out... apparently, Faisal Shahzad got onto his escape flight to Dubai in spite of the fact that his name was on the famous "No Fly" list -- you know, the one that keeps us safe from terrorists? Way to go, DHS! Way to go, TSA!

They have picked up the "Times Square Bomber" and -- surprise! -- the news is that he's a Pakistani Muslim with ties to the Taliban. For the record, this is the sort of terrorism that the Gun Rabbi has for some time been predicting in the US in general and in NYC specifically; B"H ("Thank G-d") I've been wrong until now.

Now it may have been obvious to you & me that this was another Jihad nut case, but somehow our Democrats who "represent" us in government don't seem to be able to grasp that. For example, Mayor Bloomberg offered this insight:

"If I had to guess, twenty five cents, this would be... [h]omegrown[,] maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn't like the health care bill or something. It could be anything."

Yes, that's right -- while Islamic fanatics try to murder us for fun, Democrats demonize the political opposition of the majority of the US public who are against ObamaCare. Apparently, opposing ObamaCare makes me a potential terrorist.

And here I thought I was a Patriot who believes in the Constitution. Silly me.