A large part of the problem, the police say, is simply more guns on the streets as gun laws have loosened around the country. In Philadelphia, Commissioner Johnson said, since the state made it easier to get a gun permit in 1985, the number of people authorized to carry a gun in the city has risen from 700 to 32,000.
How many of those were involved in murders, the NY Times doesn't say.
That's definately a reason to disarm America. All those robbers walking around with gun permits have to be stopped.
Hmmmm...what do I get the distinct impression this is ALL black on black crime?
Those church going Pubbies got to learn to chill.
How do you "mistakenly use" dish soap? "Oh, excuse me, I didn't realize that a) I was in your house instead of mine and b) using your dish soap instead of Mom's."
That is the best reason ever to carry a gun with you at all times once you leave your house.Whether or not the local city you reside in grants you "permission" to exercise your constitutional RIGHT to carrry a gun. All unarmed citizens are at the mercy of anyone with a gun knife or bat and if you are more concerned with obeying some local law thne you are with ensuring the safety of you or your family either you or your family members may be killed and it will be very small conselation to have "i obeyed all the unconstitutional laws of my city like a good little slave" etched into your tombstone.
hopefully with the two new justices on the supreme court we have a shot at gettingh the 34 and 68 gun control laws tossed out but i dont know enough about them yet to know how they will vote we will probably see in the next two or three months if they are literate enough to rule on the 2cd amendment the right way
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message hereA large part of the problem, the police say, is simply more guns on the streets as gun laws have loosened around the country. In Philadelphia, Commissioner Johnson said, since the state made it easier to get a gun permit in 1985, the number of people authorized to carry a gun in the city has risen from 700 to 32,000.
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Yes, but murders and crimes have dropped drastically from 1985 to the present. Therefore, the NY times statement, attempting to link gun laws with increases is 180 degrees from reality, if one was to correlate the two statistics.
One woman here killed a friend after they argued over a brown silk dress. A man killed a neighbor whose 10-year-old son had mistakenly used his dish soap. Two men argued over a cellphone, and pulling out their guns, the police say, killed a 13-year-old girl in the crossfire.They were all askin' for it.