Charles Grodin On Gun Control
Mr Grodin appeared on the Mike Huckabee Show today, and the first thing out of his mouth, is “I think we need to make it difficult for people to buy guns” he goes on to say “they release people out of a mental hospital and can buy a gun,….people get out of prison and they do not know where they are”.
Well Mr Grodin, it would seem that once again, knee jerking, anti 2nd amendment reactionaries are once again going to infringe upon the rights of the hard working, law abiding citizen. Every time gun laws are enacted, crime rates do not change very much. Criminals, and those who will endeavor to make money off of arms trafficking, will continue to do so.
It is the anniversary this week, of Columbine. Mr Grodin was asked if the boys had lived, what would be the proper adjudication. He goes on to say that, they were mentally ill, and that would be the place to start. Lets put them in a mental hospital, give them a nice room, and draw pretty pictures. This is a pretty delusional point of view. Columbine was a premeditated, well thought out, well planned attack, just as 9/11 was.
Further, Mr Grodin, is pushing NY State AG to push the Supreme Court to rule on why the Felony Murder Rule, which states that any person that partakes in certain felony crimes to include, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Burglary or Robbery, that results in death, weather intended or unintended during the commissioning of the crime, can be held culpable for the death and thus be sentenced up to life without parole.
….early on the morning of March 10, 2003, a hung over 20-year-old named Ryan Holle lent his car to his roommate, who then went out with others and committed a robbery and murder. At the time of the crime Ryan Holle was asleep in his bed. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the Wakulla Correctional Institution near Tallahassee, Fla. The prosecutor explained to the jury in 2004 “No car, no crime.” Mr. Holle had no criminal record. He had lent his car to his roommate countless times before….
Though I do not agree with the sentencing in this case, just think of all the cases where people knowingly assisted in a crime where death or rape resulted. I am sorry, but if you are there participating, you are just as guilty.
Many of these liberals will say this is a gross miscarriage of justice. I beg to differ, but if that is the case then the prison guards at the concentration camps are absolved. What is the difference? They were there but did not actually participate. Or the guards at prison camps where American servicemen in WWII, Korea, or Vietnam were treated brutally, cannot be held culpable because they did not actually partake in a crime against these American Service Members.
Where does the insanity stop? I hope we take logical steps instead of making liberal knee jerk reactions.
The Coming Gun Crisis: “From My Cold Dead Hands”
As many are aware, times are tough not only in the states, but worldwide. What accompanies times of uncertainty and turmoil is usually not pretty and not sane. There are many things that can cause a person to snap, whether it’s a history of psychiatric problems, the unknown, the loss of a loved one, a break-up/divorce, the loss of a job, the loss of tons of money in the market, etc.
Well, with everything that is occuring in and around us, there has been an increase in mass murders, homicides and suicides. Yes, guns were involved in many of these cases, but not all. Guns, also are not the cause of a person snapping or being able to cause harm to people. Guns can also save lives and they save more lives per year than they kill. Read more
Increase in Mass Killings: Economy to Blame
There is a lot of blame going around these days as to who is or should be held responsible for the increase in mass killings and murders. First and foremost, the blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of those who commit these crimes. However, I think a more reasonable and honest summation of why there is an increase is due to the turbulence of the economy.
Almost all of the recent mass killings had one thing in common – these people had been down on their luck and had lost their jobs. Many also had a history of mental problems, whether depressed, suicidal etc.
I think the anguish and anxiety that people are feeling with today’s market, unemployment rate and watching their 401(k)s diminish and evaporate before their very eyes is a cause of what we are seeing. The Washington Post reports:
In Binghamton, N.Y., a Vietnamese immigrant upset about losing his job burst into an immigration center and killed 13 people before killing himself. In Pittsburgh, police said a gun enthusiast recently discharged from the Marine Corps opened fire and killed three police officers. And in Graham, Wash., investigators said a man whose wife was leaving him shot and killed five of his children in their mobile home before taking his own life.
The carnage that occurred during less than 48 hours last week capped a recent string of unusually brazen mass killings, which crime experts say have touched more people and occurred in more public settings than in any time in recent memory. Comparative statistics are difficult to come by, but during the past month alone, at least eight mass homicides in this country have claimed the lives of 57 people. Just yesterday, four people were discovered shot to death in a modest wood-frame home in a remote Alabama town.
The factor underlying the violence, some experts think, is the dismal state of the nation’s economy. Criminologists theorize that the epidemic of layoffs, the meltdown of storied American corporations and the uncertainty of recovery have stoked fear, anxiety and desperation across society and unnerved its most vulnerable and dangerous.
Experts agree that most mass murderers share one trait: a traumatic event such as a layoff, divorce or separation that sets off an internal rage and a desire for revenge.
Of course an article from the Washington Post had to get at least one pot-shot in there about guns…
“The common denominator in all these is that they’re all using a gun,” Helmke said of the recent killings. “You don’t see police officers in Pittsburgh being killed by people throwing knives at them. . . . We’ve always had violence, but in the old days you couldn’t take out so many people so quickly. Now we make it very easy to do that.”
Two more killings have occurred recently – at a Korean Christian Retreat and a mother killing her son in Florida at a shooting range.
Developing…3 Officers Shot Dead in Pittsburgh, PA
Prayers for the police officers, their family and friends and the citizens of Pittsburgh, PA.
A 23 yr. old male, who was reportedly dishonorably discharged from the marines, while in boot-camp, and also expelled from North Catholic HS killed 3 cops and injured 2 others after police responded to a domestic disturbance call. He was apparently out drinking the night before and this may have lead to the initial phone call when policed busted into his home. We recently learned that he was also laid off from his job – which I believe to be one of the biggest reasons we will see violent and disturbing behavior in the coming months or at least until the economic situations stabilizes and subsides.
Here is whatt came over the wires:
Confirmed by local pgh media, three Pittsburgh police officers killed.
Per Andy Shehan, kdka, two officers killed in house; then perp went to second story window. Cars on street ‘riddled with bullets.’ Fire fight to try and re-enter Poplawski house to retrieve injured officers.
Per Andy Shehan,
The set up a perimeter around the house; city pd; city swat; Allegheny county sheriff; pa state police; all commanded to fire on second story at once so officers could get into house to get officers; rescue of officers under a hail of gunfire. One officer already dead when they got to him; huge gun battle to get injured officers out.
Jon Burnett, kd weather man ‘knows’ guns, he is in on the interview w/Shehan (at the scene). Poplawski’s range was approximately three football fields with guns he had…officers did not stand a chance; Poplawski was out drinking the night before…conjection on Shehan’s part, saying that that is what may have caused the initial domestic fight in house. And then it escalated. Two units responded to initial ‘domestic’ situation.
Per Chief Harper, Officers had responded to that address at least twice before. They are investigating the records and the calls.
Story still developing… And there have been reports that this was politically motivated but I will wait until further reports are made and after the media projects and spins this the way they want and the true facts and details begin to rise to the surface.
I’m sure this will turn into more anti-gun legislation measures 3…2…1…
New York: 6 Anti-Gun Bills to be Heard Next Week!
New York: Six Anti-Gun Bills to be Heard Next Week!
Friday, April 03, 2009
Please Contact Your State Legislators Today!
Next week the Assembly Codes Committee will take up various anti-gun bills in an attempt to further their divisive agenda. The following anti-gun bills have been placed on the agenda for Monday, April 6:
Assembly Bill 1093, sponsored by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88), would impose new requirements on firearm retailers and require that they obtain insurance to cover criminal acts committed after the legal sale of a firearm. The companion bill to AB 1093, is Senate Bill 1715, sponsored by State Senator Eric Schneiderman (D-31).
Assembly Bill 1326, sponsored by Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-4), would mandate handguns be equipped with technology which would prevent them from being operated by children.
Assembly Bill 2881, sponsored by State Assemblyman David Koon (D-135), would ban the possession and use of “frangible” ammunition. The companion bill for AB 2881 is Senate Bill 2379, sponsored by State Senator Frank Padavan (R-11).
Assembly Bill 2882, sponsored by State Assemblyman David Koon (D-135) would provide for the submission of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns to the state police pistol and revolver ballistic identification electronic databank
Assembly Bill 5844, sponsored by State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-20), would enact the “children’s weapon accident prevention act” and creates crimes of failure to store a weapon safely and negligent storage. The companion bill for AB 5844 is Senate Bill 3098, sponsored by State Senator Eric Schneiderman (D-31).
The following anti-gun bill is scheduled to be heard by the Assembly Tourism Committee on Tuesday, April 7:
Assembly Bill 7183, sponsored by State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-4), prohibits the possession of concealed firearms in any park, campground or other recreation area.
Please call your lawmakers TODAY and urge them to oppose all of the above listed bills. State Assembly Members can be reached by phone at (518) 455-4100. To find your Assembly Member, click here. Your State Senator can be contacted through the Senate switchboard at (518) 455-2800. To find your State Senator, please click here
What timing too! Right after the horrific shootout/massacre in Binghamton, New York yesterday. The irony is that Binghamton was a gun-free zone in New York already… Never waste a crisis… Let’s not blame this on the crazy individual, but on the guns now… Ridiculous!
Why is it that liberals want to take guns away from those who use them responsibly, yet criminals still manage to obtain the guns in those gun-free zones, which tend to have high crime rates as well? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
“You can’t control an armed populace!” Which brings me to my videos of England:
(I think I will post these videos every time anti-gun legislation is on the table to keep reminding the liberals) – it’s a long one so beware!
