Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Poor old confused correspondent

Over at CNN on Anderson Cooper 360° this poor old "Randi Kaye" is either confused, misinformed, or a Liar.

Let's see now...........

"Philly gunning for more control
With more than 300 murders so far this year
(over 205 of them were directly related to gangs, drugs, chronic offenders, or felons in possession and, there was not even 1 instance of a lawful CCW holder) , Philadelphia has been struggling to contain gun violence. If I was a Philadelphia resident, I could walk into any gun shop in the city and buy 50, 100, even 1,000 guns, just like that (multiple gun purchases are subject to additional requirements). All they would do is run an instant background check, and assuming my record was clean, I'd walk out with all that firepower. There's no waiting period, no rules on who I can and can't sell those weapons to ( yes, there are federal laws as to whom you can legally sell a firearm). In fact, state law says I don't even have to get a license for the guns or register them. (as that would equate to "infringement") Could this be contributing to the gun violence in Philadelphia? (NO) ....... Back in 1994, the state legislature overturned an assault weapons ban, making AK-47s as easy to get as hunting rifles (select fire and fully automatic weapons have been restricted since 1934 and require special investigations and significant taxes, and they had nothing to do with the "Assault Weapons ban"). The next year, rules were eased on concealed weapons. Today it's actually against the law in Pennsylvania for a policeman to ask anyone why they want to carry a concealed weapon (yea, what business is it of theirs ). At last check, there are now 29,000 permits to carry concealed weapons in Philadelphia, compared to about 800 applications for permits back in 1995. One law enforcement source told me the state is handing out permits to carry like "candy." (except that I don't think that you have to get training, submit to a background check, get fingerprinted and pay a fee to get candy) State Senator Vincent Fumo is a gun owner, and he supports the current laws. "People want to think that this is the wild west, and we don't have any laws. What we don't have is enforcement of those laws," (right) he told CNN. Many here in the city argue that if Philadelphia had "home rule", as it's called, and the city was allowed to pass more stringent gun laws, people would be safer." (right, check with DC, Chicago, etc. see how good it is working for them) It really would be appropriate for the city to determine its own sort of destiny," Jones told CNN. "Now our hands are sort of handcuffed."Who do you think has the right to set the ground rules when it comes to guns? The state or the city? (How about, neither. I think that "Shall not be infringed" should speak for itself.)
-- Randi Kaye, CNN Correspondent"

So, there you go.

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