He wrote a piece on guns in PA that is as ridiculous as you’d expect from a member of Ceasefire NJ:
WHAT DO politicians do when they’re under pressure from press and constituents, but lack the clout, skill or patience to do real heavy-lifting?
They propose meaningless half-measures, call them “first steps,” feign concern, gather similarly challenged colleagues and talk of the need for compromise. It’s the politicians’ dance that bamboozles and avoids responsibility
Well, we agree on that. More:
Well, watch out, Philadelphia. Here it comes. This time the dance will be about the growing scourge of gun violence.
We’ll soon hear that a watered-down and time-limited one-handgun-a-month bill is on tap, which will do little, if anything, to save lives. Pols’ sweat will be saved, but not our tears.
It appears that Philadelphia legislators have dumped the statewide one-handgun-a-month bill gaining public support by leaps and bounds for a Philly-only bill that would “sunset” in seven years. The new bill, like cotton candy, looks and tastes good – but it’s ultimately unfulfilling.
Even if you had your way, it wouldn’t matter. One gun a month bills do nothing to stop crime. Ask the CDC. And, as Bryan’s state of New Jersey has proven, criminals just get guns from out of state when restrictions are placed on their purchase. More:
The problem is the unfettered flow of guns onto Delaware Valley streets from Pennsylvania gun shops. It’s estimated that five of every six guns recovered from crimes are illegal. Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms data and law-enforcement testimony confirm the virulence of Philly’s illegal gun market.
The market’s already illegal? And you think one more law will stop that? Idiot. More:
The sensible thing to do is limit the illegal movement of guns from gun shops to the street via the existing statewide one-handgun-a-month-bill (S-1002 and HB-871).
There is no bill that will do what you said as long as people do it illegally.
