John Street is holding a conference with other area mayors, talking about ways they can crap all over lawful gun owners in this commonwealth (and other states). I particularly like the headline here “Mayor Street Hosts Area Mayors for Anti-Gun-Violence Summit”. So does that mean the mayor would be happy if people were getting their skulls bashed in with baseball bats? The problem in Philadelphia is violence in general, not just the guns. But here’s where the irony comes in:
Mayor Street and about a dozen regional mayors were holding a daylong summit on Friday at the National Constitution Center on how to curb gun violence.
Emphasis mine. The National Constitution Center? Are you friggin kidding me? I think we have to remind the mayor of something. First federal, Amendment II:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Now the Pennsylvania Constitution, Art. 1, § 21:
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defence of themselves and the State shall not be questioned.
Emphases mine, just in case John Street thinks that part isn’t clear. But does Mayor Street get the irony of his venue?
Street wants the mayors to work for stricter gun laws — especially in Pennsylvania, whose gun laws Street called “lax.”
Nope.
I wonder if there is a single judge in the state with the stones to enjoin him from holding such a conference as unconstitutional under the State Constitution ?
No rational person believes Street gives a good Goddamn about people and the rate of violence. Else, he would not be trying to manufacture more innocent helpless victims.