“Detroit Police Chief James Craig spoke with residents Saturday about efforts to make neighborhoods safer and revealed he’d nearly been a victim of crime in the city as well,” detroitnews.com reports. “‘I was almost a victim two weeks ago of carjacking,’ said Craig to a stunned crowd. ‘The Chief of Police, I know. Can you believe that? I’m happy I had the presence of mind.'” To do what? Flash his badge? Travel with a lieutenant? Drive away? The article doesn’t say. But Detroit native and TTAG reader Dirk Diggler has something to say on the subject: “criminals don’t give a sh*t anymore.” Did they ever?
Yeah, I’m told we had a car jacking problem in Tucson and Phoenix a while back; where they’d pull you out of your car and drive off. “Had” being the operative word. People started shooting car jackers in the face and sorted that problem out.
I fear this is the blood in the streets scenario the anti-gunners warned us about.
Just so long as it’s the right blood in the streets…
It’s not about preventing DEATH
It’s about Preventing LIBERTY
Rosenthal is one of the biggest proponents of disarmament in the country. He HATES guns and gun owners. I have heard him in person, it is sickening. I have never heard anyone who is more condescending, sneering, and more hateful and disdainful of gun owners, and I live in MA, so that is saying something!
He claims to be a “skeet shooter” and owns a “duck gun” but supports any and all restrictions. He is the one who put up the billboard on I-90 in Boston. I heard him at a “forum” in Stow, MA, and he wants police inspection of homes, he wants rights denied based on the fake terror/no fly list, (he was incredulous that Congress didn’t go along with that idea). He thinks it being a felony if you leave your guns unlocked when you leave the house is great idea. And he is so delusional he thinks the rest of the country agrees with him.
To me it seems this letter actually lends the Mom’s more credibility as an influential force then they had before it.
$65,000?
Nick has made an interesting new friend, it seems.
No offense to the esteemed Chief, but what’s up with the SWAT look? Also, looks like he got promoted when going from Cincinnati to Detroit, 4 stars to 5. How about cops just dressing like cops and losing all the military crap.
Looks like a staple gun.
False equivalence is a logical fallacy which describes a situation where there is a logical and apparent equivalence, but when in fact there is none (Wiki – AKA “The Book of Knowledge”)
The more I look at AR’s the more bored I get. They’re just so.. dependable.
In my mind they’ve become the 1997 Camry’s of firearms.
I’m Kirsten Weiss… from the FUTURE. In the year 2073, Skittles are much larger and more numerous, and malevolent… we have developed this technology to shoot them!
Mistereveready “What gets me is how many people think that if they give control to the government it won’t abuse the power . . .
The great economist Milton Friedman had a great thought on this:
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.