Posted on 02/17/2013 1:14:56 PM PST by Illinois Review
The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA), thinks Chicago's embattled police superintendent dug himself deeper into a pit of controversy today by claiming that lawful firearm owners are agents of political corruption. Appearing on a Chicago Sunday morning talk show, superintendent Garry McCarthy expressed his conviction that firearm owners who lobby their elected representatives or who donate money to political campaigns are engaged in corruption that endangers public safety. McCarthy went on to express his belief that judges and legislators should rely on public opinion polls when interpreting our Constitution.
After totally dismissing the citizen's right to redress grievances, McCarthy trained his constitutional wisdom on the 2nd Amendment. Despite recent court decisions to the contrary, McCarthy opined that the 2nd Amendment limits citizens to owning smooth-bore muskets. McCarthy went on to say that he believes that the 2nd Amendment supports mandatory liability insurance for firearm owners and the mandatory application of GPS tracking devices to civilian owned firearms.
"Garry McCarthy 's understanding of our Constitution barely qualifies him as a meter maid, never mind the chief of the nation's third largest police department," commented ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson. "What on earth would possess McCarthy to assert that constitutional rights should be meted out based on public opinion polls? Let's not forget that public opinion polls once opposed a woman's right to vote while it would be a safe bet that, at one time, polls would have shown lynching as an acceptable form of justice. It has been said that our Constitution exists to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. McCarthy's view of our Constitution is dangerous and unbecoming of a civil servant."
"McCarthy needs to understand that the lawful firearm owners of this state will continue to lobby their representatives and continue to support candidates who represent their interests," continued Pearson. "If Garry McCarthy doesn't like that, well that's just too bad. If McCarthy is so interested in influence peddling, he should pop into some of the gin mills ringing the Illinois Capitol and count the ruddy red noses of taxpayer-funded lobbyists for the City of Chicago."
How many people voted for Obama.....twice?
Lets apply some logic...
IF lawful firearm owners are agents of political corruption
AND Chicago policemen and the police commissioner are lawful firearm owners
THEN Chicago policemen and the police commissioner are Agents of Political CORRUPTION!
In as much as it applies to the CPD I think he is correct!
(My undistributed middle isn’t showing, is it?)
No, the corrupt ones are those that have guns illegally. They’re the people you go after. Understand or is breathing too difficult for you? (not you the poster, the Chicago cop idiot or whomever whatever)
The sad fact is that he really thinks this way. To him, 0, and 99% of cops we are the criminals. We're corrupt for demanding our rights. In their minds we're only there as slaves on their tax farms.
And this man is the face of law and order, and holds the ultimate power of life and death over your family, and especially your dog.
In Chiccago that is true as the only firearms owners are the cops and politicians.
What?????
“judges and legislators should rely on public opinion polls when interpreting our Constitution.”
Oh, the public opinion polls conducted by phone, where law abiding gun owners hang up, rather than respond to invasive questions?
As if that were ever the mechanism for constitutional interpretation.
Does Garry still get drunk and shoot out streetlights?
These people are so evil.
I didn’t think I’d ever see a politician dumber than Obama or Biden. But this McCarthy idiot is a first class dumbass.
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