Strange Days Indeed

Boy this truly is a week of strange events so far. There is an old saying about how "death comes in three's". Ed McMahon, first, Farrah Fawcett second, and now Michael Jackson. May they all rest in peace. On the political side of strangeness, Nevada Senator John Ensign fessed-up to cheating on his wife. Now we have South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, pulling a "Houdini" to be with his mistress in Argentina. The Iranian government is claiming the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) shot the lady Neda that was seen by the entire world on the Internet. A very surreal week indeed.

But as life goes on, I'm still baffled at the Mayor of Chicago and his anti-handgun ban on law-abiding residents. This Mayor is ready, willing, and able to spend tax-payer dollars to fight the Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S.__(2008). I just don't understand how this Mayor will refuse its citizens of their Constitutional right to "keep and bear arms...", while the criminals on our very streets can buy handguns like candy. Common logic dictates that should a criminal become aware they must deal with an armed citizenry, they become more reluctant to commit a crime. So it can be assessed that if you disarm your citizenry, only to "allow" them rifles and shotguns in their respective homes, the criminal will become more emboldened out on the streets. If you need any facts to support this argument, just look at last years crime statistics, and this years shootings of young kids.

This Mayor, had this ban enacted and passed by his puppet city council in 1983, and all it has done, is given greater access for criminals to obtain handguns. Common logic dictates once again, that if you enact such legislation of this kind, there had better be strict enforcement, along with harsher, longer sentencing. Did the Mayor do that? No. This was an unintelligent decision, a super rush to judgment, and a clear violation of Constitutional rights under the Second Amendment. We citizens of Chicago must send a message to this Mayor and his puppet city council, that such ludicrous legislation with no bite, shall never stand.

I'm all for law and order, but don't strip away my Constitutional rights and empower criminals. That's just insane. Our legislators need to re-do the sentencing laws for those that commit crimes with guns. This will send a clear message to the criminals out there that they will spend decades, or their entire lives behind bars. Do the right thing Mayor, do not deprive, or chisel away the citizens rights.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, The Olympics? Here in Chicago? You are kidding right? With all this gang violence going on? What will you do? Move the criminals to another neighborhood while the athletes play?

Then again, that's just my opinion.