Monday, February 23, 2009

OC Grand Jury to CCW supporters: Shut the fuck up!

The Orange County grand jury has a message for county supervisors, gun rights advocates and everyone else who disagrees with Sheriff Sandra Hutchens' plan to reduce concealed weapons permits: "Let the sheriff do her job."

"An orderly society is the goal. Public safety is the paramount consideration," concludes the grand jury report. "The fact that public clamor has reached the ears of politicians is irrelevant."

So the Grand Jury weighs in, and all it can produce is wild wild west! and blood in the streets! I keep saying that this is not rocket surgery, but sometimes I have to wonder.

CCW supporters have facts on their side. Honest, real-life, no-bullshit numbers that say CCW issuance does not increase violence, and in most cases actually decreases violence. Yet here we are, arguing about what should be academic. Why?

Seriously.

WHY?

Sometimes I wonder if our "betters" take their jobs seriously.

3 comments:

Fletch said...

It's difficult to entertain terminal anti-gunners with arguments, when you stop, take a breath, and remind yourself that facts are meaningless to them.

There can be no philosophical victory here.

Only the removal of the people with the poison in their brains.

Farm.Dad said...

You have to realize that a grand jury is the tool of the district attorney . They only get one side of the a story that they know virtually nothing about before empaneled. It has often been said that using a grand jury a competent attorney can indite a ham sandwich for homicide .

Kent McManigal said...

If someone's job is detrimental to survival, I will not "let them do their job". Who do they think they are, death camp guards?