"It's Groundhog Day here in
Chicago."
The irony: it
burns.
Although Chicago
Police Superintendent Garry
(hippie parents much?) McCarthy was decrying the recent spate of gun violence in
the gun-free paradise of Chicagoland, he could have been ruminating on the all-too-predictable
response of the politicians to a firearms related tragedy:
- Run to the sound of the ambulances. (There'll be cameras!)
- Hold a press conference. (Extra points for using cops and families as props)
- Decry the loss of life. (Try to find a KIA that wasn’t a banger or terminally stupid)
- Blame the easy availability of guns. (In Chicago? For Reals?)
- Pound the table about the lax gun laws. (In Chicago? For Reals?)
- Propose yet another anti-gun law. (Disarm and punish the law-abiding)
- Lather, rinse, repeat.
Predictable
as a tax increase, Illinois governor “Pat” Quinn bellies up to the cameras to bloviate
for another law banning “Assault Rifles”, limiting ammunition capacity, and
increasing background checks. The fact that the law would have actually done
nothing to stop the violence goes without saying. It’s just the natural political cycle.
One we have
to break.
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