I previously noted Chris Matthews' anti-2nd Amendent (and anti-4th Amendment, for that matter) plan to end the "wacky" problem of unlicensed concealed guns on the street.
Say Uncle notes the plan and we get this in the comments section:
Rustmeister Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:45 amHmm, densely populated urban areas.
Is he saying black folks shouldn’t have guns?
SayUncle Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:46 amShhh. We can’t say it like that.
This, of course, is a giant open secret that no one wants to talk about. Look at Chicago. Illinois is one of only two states in the Union with no form of CCW permit for regular citizens, and Chicago, of course, is not the most crime-free city in the nation. And, at 36% black and 31% white according to the 2000 US Census, the population of Chicago isn't what you would call White European-dominated.
When we hear about education and career problems in inner cites, it's often portrayed as a racial issue and the NAACP gets involved and Jesse Jackson demands change. When black neighborhoods suffer higher crime rates we hear cries for more police protection.
But when these same urban areas, often peopled by those in the lower tax brackets and in many cases minorities, are blanketed with draconian gun control we don't hear a peep. Is this iron fist of disarmament getting the guns from the gangbangers and drug dealers?
There is no equality when one man can carry a gun and the other cannot.
Meanwhile, over at Murdoc Online, this comment was left:
Rrrriiiight...so Matthews' dream is that the only people who can legally carry are agents of the state.
That idea puts a hard, icy ball in the pit of my stomach.
But I put him at ease with my response:
Well, I'm sure Matthews would make an exception for authorized bodyguards. You know, like Matthews has.
