Posted on 04/19/2018 11:25:50 AM PDT by Simon Green
Rahm Emanuel has tried almost everything a lefty anti-gun big city may can think of to cut back on the murder epidemic in his violent city. He’s fired and hired police superintendents, he’s tried (unsuccessfully) to eliminate gun stores within city limits, he’s tried (unsuccessfully) to keep shooting ranges out of his town, he fought concealed carry to the bitter end, and he’s mumbled meaningless platitudes like “public-private mentoring partnerships” and wrung his hands over the perpetual need for more “neighborhood resources.”
He’s tried bogus “violence interruptor” programs, basically paying gang bangers (with city tax dollars) to stop banging. He’s even written big checks to the Second Amendment Foundation to further civilian gun rights when he’s lost in the Supreme Court, although, to be fair, he did that while kicking and screaming.
What he hasn’t done is encourage Chicagoans to exercise their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. A move that would let the city’s persistent criminal population know that trying to victimize the law-abiging could be hazardous to their health. Neither has he lifted a finger to reform the city’s joke of a criminal justice system. A sorry “catch and release” operation that puts violent criminals back on the streets to cause more havoc, frequently before their victims have left the hospital.
But now Mayor Rahm has a new idea that’s sure to cut the city’s murder rate down to size:
Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel has come up with a brilliant new plan to stem the city’s gun violence problem and cut down on the approximately 600 homicides committed within the city each year: punish banks who make loans to weapons manufacturers.
That’s right, he’s jumping on the same bandwagon that got rolling when the American Federation of Teachers and the New York State Comptroller began threatening big banks with the loss of their deposits if they didn’t stop doing business with gun manufacturers.
Emanuel echoed calls from other anti-gun agitators, including Parkland student David Hogg, to force lending organizations and investment banks to drop gun-related clients, even if those clients are freely engaging in the flow of commerce.
The mayor’s plan is a little different from Hogg’s, however. Instead of pulling support and interest from financial institutions, Emanuel would cut those same financial institutions off from receiving contracts with the city of Chicago unless those same institutions filed affidavits “verifying that their customers ban the sale of bump stocks and high-capacity magazines” and wouldn’t sell guns to anyone under 21 years of age (three years older than the federal minimum age for firearm purchases, 18).
But Emanuel doesn’t have nearly as much clout with the banks as he thinks he does. That’s because his city’s financial situation is a shambles.
If Chicago is hesitant to do business with banks, banks are more hesitant to do business with Chicago. Chicago’s credit rating is hovering just above “junk bond” status, and the city has sold off so much debt, financial institutions are already wary of entering into contracts with any aspect of Chicago city government.
So Rahm is going to have to rack his brain to come up with some new ideas as to how to keep his citizens from gunning each other down at an already alarming rate. As always, we’d be happy to pitch a few ideas, but we won’t hold our breath waiting for his call.
Bet he hasn’t missed a paycheck!
He’ll just propose more gun laws. It’s usually what liberals do.
He’s fully indoctrinated to where he cannot think any other way. It is impossible for him to accept the possibility that humanity can actually defend itself from feral humans..............
Chicago doesn’t pay their bills anyway.
the imbecile is running out of possible and fantasy gun confiscation laws. Next, he’ll ban people imagining guns and ban movies with guns. You heard this first.
What a coincidence. I used to have a double-barreled sawed off shotgun I called the “violence interruptor”...
;-)
“Chicago’s credit rating is hovering just above “junk bond” status..”
That’s because he and Chicago ARE junk.
Why don’t they force the local press to stop reporting on the shootings all together?
Isn’t that the way it goes - if they don’t report it, viola! it didn’t happen.
“ban people imagining guns and ban movies with guns”
remember this?:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/17/pop-tart-gun-suspension-upheld-by-maryland-judge/
Sounds like a new source for favoritism and corruption.
Armed citizen neighborhood patrols would lower the murder rate and there is no doubt that there are enough black men who would be happy to man it- veterans, hunters, gun users.
Yes. This is that final piece of the puzzle. The one last piece of legislation that will make all his efforts coalesce and put an end to "gun violence" in his fair city once and for all. No doubt. Certainly. Definitely. For sure this time. Unquestionably. Undoubtedly. Indubitably. Most assuredly. Absolutely. This is going to do it....
Does this idiot realize that gang bangers do not buy their guns from gun manufacturers?
“He’ll just propose more gun laws. It’s usually what liberals do.”
The Chicago controlled state legislature is in the midst of trying to pass all kinds of the usual liberal gun control shit including magazine limits, “assault weapon” bans, blah, blah, blah. One thing in particular they are trying to repeal preemption (which we just got in 2013) because a bunch of liberal suburbs want to pass their own bans. Very sick. So far the republican governor has stood fast against this onslaught.
Give AR’s to the peaceful citizens, encourage them join together to take ownership of the block they live on.
The murder and crime rate would plummet.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...So you mean to tell me that the first disciple of the left’s messiah can’t stop crime...After his messiah gave a speech about:
“...I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals. Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.”
Sssssoooooo, if the first disciple of the left’s messiah can’t make this BS happen in his own city...WTF?!?
Chicago isn’t coming together to remake this [city] great and they are not reflecting their best selves, and highest ideals...What?
You mean something that the Prophet Odunga said didn’t happen and didn’t come true in Chicago...I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
Mayor Disciple, you must pander more....More Pandering for the people....That will solve your problem, oh yeah and blame “the man.”
Like trying to slow your car by moving the speedometer needle to 0.
Seriously? Wow.
My headline: After 6 years, a failed liberal mayor doubles down again on his illogical dangerous policies, which have lead to the deaths of hundreds of his citizens.
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