They don’t ever stop trying to disarm law abiding citizens, eh? Not one thing that they propose would have stopped a hardened criminal with a long rap sheet, who really should have still been in prison except for soft on crime Democrats, from obtaining his weapons illegally and using them against police officers. Maurice Hill’s long rap sheet wasn’t mentioned, nor that he was barred from having a firearm in the first place, in this Philly Inquirer piece
Philadelphia police standoff is an opportunity to turn the tide on gun control | Editorial
Wednesday’s prolonged shootout in North Philadelphia that injured six police officers may be the opportunity to turn the tide on gun control.
A narcotics warrant turned into a 7 ½-hour standoff between police and Maurice Hill, who was barricaded in a Tioga rowhouse with a hand gun and an AR-15. None of the officers’ injuries were life-threatening. Around midnight, the gunman surrendered, a testament to the professionalism of the Philadelphia Police Department.
Once again, the availability of firearms made a bad situation worse, and only by miracle, not deadly.
Philly is top ten, again, in the nation for cities with the most firearms restrictions, which, again, mostly only effect law abiding citizens.
So what should we expect to see from the General Assembly, which has a history both of inaction and of preempting cities from passing their own laws? Not much, despite the fact that a majority of Pennsylvania voters and a majority of gun owners support measures such as universal background checks and banning assault weapons.
None of this would have stopped Hill, who was in possession unlawfully, which is a felony, and surely did not obtain them through an NICS background check.
Gun violence in Philadelphia is an epidemic and demands unity, attention, and action. Every stakeholder in the city — from the police union to the mayor and DA and even the U.S. attorney — needs to send a unified message to Harrisburg: The safety of our people, and our police, is not negotiable.
So, even with all that gun control in place in Philly, gun violence is an epidemic? It’s almost like criminals do not follow the law. But, law abiding citizens do. Which leaves them disarmed.
Super-squishy GOP Senator Susan Collins made an interesting point
“I think the difference this time is we had three incidents so close together. Then look at what happened in Philadelphia as well. And we have the president saying that he is on board. And so my hope is that the Democrats truly want a solution and some progress and that they’re not going to play political games with this issue,” Collins said.
But, that’s all they want to do. They want to disarm law abiding citizens. Nothing that the mayor of Philly nor the Inquirer editorial board suggests would cause any issues for the very same criminals that they are soft on to start with.
