[P8riot]

This cop just doesn't get it

[BenLurkin]

Exactly.

[Dan from Michigan]

When only the police have guns, it is a police state.

And from what I've heard of the DA's in Philly - the 2nd amendment is sorely needed there.

[Crazieman]

I want to ban cars, so many needless deaths.

[E Rocc]

Commisioners are often politicians, not actual cops.

-Eric

[Blue Screen of Death]

Forget about the guns, he should consider a ban on 15 year olds.

[NJ_gent]

This clown needs to look at what's happening in Virginia. When your citizens are able to defend themselves, crime goes down.

[Redbob]

""Law enforcement will never change it,"

Well, certainly not with your attitude toward the problem.

[.38sw]

And how are they going to ban sales to criminals out of the trunk of someone's car? And where else has such bans ever worked? Rhetorical questions, I know.

[Dat Mon]

"Johnson said the state's gun laws are inadequate and that he hoped Harrisburg would pass legislation banning the sale of all guns."

Mr Johnson sir, statistically what is the percentage of all violent crimes that are committed by repeat offenders?

Are repeat offenders already banned from purchasing guns legally?

Statistically, what percentage of guns used in the commission of a crime are purchased legally?

[frog_jerk_2004]

How many 15 olds buy guns from a gun store in PA?

[the invisib1e hand]

This cop just doesn't get it

sure he does. It's liberty, philadelphia style. when everything is outlawed, only outlaws will do anything.

archetypal civil servant "tail" wagging the dog alert.

[dljordan]

"Police Comissioner Sylvester Johnson went to visit Tyrique's family"

Translation: I'm going to use these people to further my political agenda.

Unfortunately the comissioner is falling behind the times. People are starting to wake up to these crude political machinations at an alarming (to the libs) rate. This guy is like every other police politician, hoping to use the misfortune (caused by people like himself) of others to promote his career and the disarmament agenda. They desperately want a docile and disarmed public.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Why not just ban crime, then everyone could have a gun? Wow! What a new idea! Ought to work.

[TAdams8591]

Liberals created the social chaos afflicting so many of today's urban neighborhoods in a drastically failed attempt to eradicate them. There are far many more such neighborhoods today than in 1960. Yet they continue to offer more liberal solutions, in attempt to resolve the very problems they created. They are NEVER going to get it.

[Horatio Gates]

This cop just doesn't get it

He may wear a uniform, but he's no cop.

[Logical me]

Watch it Commissioner. You are treading on constitution right of all good Americans. Better do some research before you have a situation where you have armed criminals. Believe me, criminals knowing you have weakened the right of law abiding people to protect themselves, crime will go up and criminals may target you as well as us. Forgotten is that the police are an extension of all citizens and no more rights should be extended to law enforcement than the public.

[freeeee]

Johnson said the state's gun laws are inadequate and that he hoped Harrisburg would pass legislation banning the sale of all guns.

ALL guns? Does that mean he, his coworkers and his hack bosses can't buy they either?

NO?!

Well, isn't that special.

[Buzwardo]

These kinds of bans are political ploys. If the ban isn't passed civil servants can say "we tried to address the problem, but the ban failed to pass." If the ban passes they can demand even more stringent schemes when the ban fails to deliver as promised. Bottom line: this is just another municipal employee trying to conceal his ignorance and failures by passing the buck.