'Strict Enforcement of Gun Laws Needed,' Police Chief Says (SAS mentioned)

CNSNews.com ^ | May 05, 2004 | Susan Jones

[Travis McGee]

Bang!

[Billthedrill]

"Eighty percent of our homicides involve the use of handguns," Chief Ramsey told the TV station. "Now, we have very good gun control laws. But it's not difficult to go someplace and buy a gun outside the District," he said.

Sure, Chief. It's somebody else's problem, only...why is the violence in your jurisdiction? Fact is, it isn't difficult to buy a gun inside the District, either...if you're a crook.

[Westbrook]

The original "million mom march" was conducted by the Nazis.

Millions of UNARMED moms and their children marched out to stand in front of a belt-fed machine gun with a trench behind them.

[Angelwood]

Big Ping FYI

[TLI]

Police said the gunfire erupted on a street outside, following an argument between two groups of young men. Police have not made any arrests.

And right there is the most likely answer. "Two groups of "young men."" We dare not call them by the more accurate description . . . Gang. Not be pee-cee, ya know.

Police have not made any arrests.

The "B" part of the problem. Too late to make a showing by making an arrest or two. The time for that to have been effective is long gone. The kid is dead. The cops were probably following some "self-esteem" policy of avoiding "ethnic" arrests.

[Ken H]

The SAS gathering -- dubbed the Second Amendment Freedoms for Everyone Rally, or S.A.F.E.R. -- called the Million Mom March "extremist."

Nice shot!

[spunkets]

Thanks to the SAS! They're a terrific bunch.

[sport]

'There is a culture of violence and attitude that exists among many people that leads to violence we've been witnessing," the newspaper quoted Metropolitan Police Chief Charles Ramsey as saying. "There really is no explaining this."

He is a liar and he knows it full well.

He has to look no further than his local alcu chapter who along with the socialists, communists, and domocrats [actuall one and the same]are working full time to drive God from the Nation.

In this endevor they are aided and abetted by the liberal judges.

He knows full what is happening and why it is happening.

What he may not know is the full consequences once their plan comes to fruitation.

[marktwain]

Ramsey also told the TV station that strict penalties and enforcement of existing laws are what is needed.

So we must have strict enforcement of existing anti-gun laws. Why not just have strict enforcement of the laws against assault, robbery, and murder, if it is so simple to enforce the laws?

It is hard to believe the liberals keep pushing the demonstrably failed policy.

[Redcoat LI]

"Police have confiscated more than 700 guns in the District of Columbia so far this year -- and they confiscated more than 2,000 last year -- in a city where it is illegal to own handguns"

So more gun laws would do what,exactly?

[NRA2BFree]

"The gun-grabbers are also shooting to reinstate the 5-day Brady waiting period for all gun purchases, which has proven itself to be utterly worthless since its inception."

Brady and ALL the gun-grabbers are utterly worthless too. It's the same bunch that marched in the abortion march. I wish those old hags would find something else to occupy their wasted minds and leave gun owners alone.

[ChevyZ28]

"The Million Mom March -- which is affiliated with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence -- says it is marching "against gun violence and the devastation it causes."

Millions of criminals around the country, in particular the thousands right inside of DC, are wringing there hands at the thought the Million Mom March is coming to Washington, DC to protest their acts of gun violence. By Monday morning, all gun violence as we know it will end forever more!!/sarcasm off

[TLI]

So more gun laws would do what,exactly?

[kdot]

Mother's Day march against guns

Sheer stupidity. How about this one. The girl was shot while bending down to pick up her dolls. Let's make dolls illegal to while we're at it.

[Redcoat LI]

Brilliant.

[ozzymandus]

Indeed. Those gun-control nuts who claim civilian firearms would be worthless against an invading army should be reminded that the Japanese decided not to invade the Alaskan mainland when they considered the fact that nearly every male citizen (and most female citizens) had access to a rifle and knew how to use it..

[Oztrich Boy]

it is illegal for any D.C. resident to own a handgun unless he or she is a police officer or owns a gun that was registered before 1976.

New law: Same as the one on the books, with the words "This time we really mean it" added

[Shooter 2.5]

You ladies Rock!!!!!

[Motherhood IS a career]

First of all, it is always tragic when a child dies as a result of a shooting, or for that matter, for any other reason.

it is illegal for any D.C. resident to own a handgun ...

So where's the logic? The gun that killed her was already illegal. So, if anything, this incident is an argument against criminalizing gun ownership. Since the gun was already illegal, a fact which didn't prevent her death, making it even more illegal obviously won't change a thing.

I don't know anything about D.C. laws, except as stated in this article, but how about legalizing guns, and giving the death penalty to anyone who kills a child, "accidentally" or otherwise. (Were it my child, the death penalty would be guaranteed - by me, personally.) Just as there are strict "cop killer" laws in some jurisdictions, maybe there should be "child killer" laws.