Michael1942's Blog

The recent firearm buyback in Chicago netted 5500 firearms, this is good turn out but it only means that the illegal firearms are still out there. There is no way to determine the legitimacy of the fire arms so the point of the exercise is moot. The community of  people who illegally obtain and use firearms are not among the 5000 plus who turn out for this event unless they were just after the money. The idea behind this is to get firearms out of circulation and off the streets yet the use of firearms is still high. It has been proven time after time that banning the use of and ownership of firearms exacerbates the situation rather than cure it. There will always be Illegally owned and obtained firearms. The folks who own them and purchase them are usually felons to start  or someone who feels desperately threatened. The laws that protect the law abiding also protect the lawless, this allows the crime to be committed before the law can step in to assist or roll you out on a gurney. The law requires everyone to plead not guilty until proven so and even in the face of facts that clearly show guilt, not guilty is the plea. To be sure crime will always be with us and thereby a violent criminal element along with the nonviolent and white collar type. This exercise is just that , an exercise and will be until the city leaders allow the legal ownership of firearms as is in the rest of the State and most of the United States.