In the article you linked, it is mentioned that the Million Mom president, Mary Leigh Blek said, that her son, who was a senior in college, was killed by 3 teenage thugs (15 yrs old) in New York. It goes on to say that Ms Blek congratulated Missouri for failing to pass legislation in 1998 that would allow Missourians to carry "...concealed and loaded ..." guns...
What she fails to realize is that NYC PROHIBITS CONCEALED CARRY for common citizens. It is precisely why her son was shot and killed, as the criminals who walk the streets of NYC have no fear of being shot due to the fact that most if not all citizens there are unarmed.
So in effect she is congratulating the very policy that led to her son's death.
What she fails to realize is that NYC PROHIBITS CONCEALED CARRY for common citizens. It is precisely why her son was shot and killed, as the criminals who walk the streets of NYC have no fear of being shot due to the fact that most if not all citizens there are unarmed.
The Blecccchs are aware. They just don't care. Perhaps their grief will be alleviated when no one, no where, at no time can escape their son's fate.
NYC passed the "Sullivan Law" in the 1890's at the height of Tammany Hall. The true purpose was to protect certain gangs of Irish descent who were at the time operating out of the Red Hook District of the city. Several gang memebers had attempted to rob citizens and had been shot dead for their pains. These gangs, during election time, served as wardheelers and the like for Boss Tweed and his cronies, so to keep them happy, the citizens were made easy prey for the part time political operatives/full time crooks...
the infowarrior