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More quotes taken from the above link."It's a little surreal that we have justices in Supreme Court suggesting that it would be great to have more and more people armed walking the streets of the city," he said.
andWhile most guns used in shootings in New York City are not owned legally, research has shown that the vast majority of crime guns are often purchased legally in states with less restrictive laws and smuggled into the city. Iesha Sekou, an anti-violence activist in Harlem, said that weakening gun laws would only make the problem worse.
Yeah.....it seems to me that.....the Antis missed the point (as usual).In New York City, police officials have expressed concern that illegal guns are increasingly finding their way into the hands of teenagers or being used to target them. Sekou recalled how, last week, she watched a 17-year-old boy die after he was shot in the chest in Harlem and consoled his mother after she arrived to the scene.
"While most guns used in shootings in New York City are not owned legally, research has shown that the vast majority of crime guns are often purchased legally in states with less restrictive laws and smuggled into the city. Iesha Sekou, an anti-violence activist in Harlem, said that weakening gun laws would only make the problem worse."
That headline makes me chuckle. The mental image of supreme court justices duking it out with ARs in the Capitol is priceless.
Aloha, Mark
Perhaps Mr. Tirschwell can tell us in which public places we are absolutely safe from violence and don't need to protect ourselves."Today's argument made clear that even the court's most conservative justices have hesitations about granting the gun lobby its ultimate goal in this case - the unrestricted right to carry guns in all public places at all times," said Eric Tirschwell, executive director of Everytown Law.
I really, really hate it when I have to listen to some talking head read something to me over 5 or 10 minutes when I could have read it myself in 45 seconds.
Aloha, Mark