If it were up to him, members of Congress would be attending the funeral of police Officer Peter Figoski to see for themselves the havoc wreaked when an illegal gun falls into the hands of a career criminal.
Bloomberg got to discussing illegal weapons in a response to a Tweet on his radio show this morning from a listener asking why the city was wasting so much time pushing for stricter federal gun controls.
“When I read that I thought to myself, maybe the guy wants to join me out in Babylon on Monday sitting in the church where the funeral is for Officer Figoski,” the mayor said.
Ultimately, the mayor added, it’s up to a reluctant Congress to strengthen the laws and a visit to the Figoski funeral might make it clear why the issue is so pressing.
“If you could get Congress to come with me and sit with me in this church on Monday?” the mayor reflected. “Wouldn’t that be wonderful if they finally got some understanding, and in memory of this officer, said we can’t bring him back but we’re going to make sure his kids and his parents are protected by getting guns off the streets out of illegal hands.”
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Kudos to the mayor (and I must say I am, in general, NOT at all a fan of his) for stressing that he is talking about getting ILLEGAL (and not ALL) guns off the street.
It is EXCEEDINGLY, EXCEEDINGLY, EXCEEDINGLY RARE that a LEGAL gun owner uses his firearm in a crime, and it is VERY important that law-abiding citizens keep their right to own firearms.
As they say, ‘When grave danger is only seconds away, – the police are only minutes away!’
First, I don’t know how this qualifies as important news to the yeshiva community. This is about a local New York City political issue. It’s confusing that it appears here.
Second, you can pass as many laws as you want saying a criminal cannot have a gun but those laws won’t stop a criminal having a gun.
The judge who released the murderer should attend. A gun is just an object. The person using it is the problem.