Do you remember Maxwell Smart from the TV spy-spoof series called Get Smart? The late actor, Don Adams played the lead role. His scene scripts often went like this:
Cmdr. Drury: Smart, you appear to be in pretty good shape, do you work out?
Maxwell Smart: I jog one hundred miles every day! Would you believe it? One hundred miles!
Cmdr. Drury: I find that hard to believe.
Maxwell Smart: Would you believe fifty?
Cmdr. Drury: No!
Maxwell Smart: How about two push-ups and a deep breath?
It seems that the Chicago Police department have since revised their claims about yesterday’s gun raid. Officer Kristina Schuler told the Chicago Tribune that instead of seizing 300 guns they actually only have 276.
They’ve now named the gun collector at the heart of the story as, James R. Patrick, 63. Gone are the claims he was selling his collection to street gangs. Those claims were the basis of probable cause needed to obtain the search warrant from a judge. My guess is the “tips” to police were manufactured but the judges appointed by the gun-hating, Mayor Daley don’t seem to care.
Chicago police officials are still are claiming (I think hoping is a better word here) that they believe he two of the firearms might violate federal law. I predict that ATF authorities will examine those two items and Patrick will be vindicated.
So far the results of this major raid and arrest were predictable based of the CPD’s gun enforcement history.
The gun-collector James Patrick is only facing the pissy-little charges from the city’s Municipal Code that carry a maximum penalty of up to $500 or imprisonment of no more than 90 days.
This case will take years off Patrick’s life, as the City of Chicago moves to destroy a significant portion of his life savings and Patrick’s good name in the process. So much for the Constitutional Right, to Keep and Bear Arms in Mayor Daley’s Chicago.
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When he dies I do want to pee on his headstone.
Guns are for killing and must be outlawed!
Once the majority of guns are out of the public's hands we can disarm the police too since they won't need them any more.
Furthermore, the sunday NY Times is a deadly weapon in the wrong hands....much like rolling pins, household hammers, and mommy's iron. I suppose you also are for the banning of pressed shirts!!!
Liberals are conservatives who haven't been robbed yet.
No guns for the police yeah right! That is imposible in a police state! You have to keep the subjects in line!
Yea, outlaw guns. If we can't keep dope from our shores, just how you gonna keep the guns and ammo out????
And, of course, if 100 years from now our country becomes Nazi, how you going to take it back cuase there won't be any vote?
Cops wouldn't have it near so bad. Because there are plenty of civilians willing to assist them. (I know that's a hot button issue, but it WAS the intent of the founders, nonetheless).
And almost all criminals are lazy cowards, so they'll keep in line. Or, move on to greener pastures.
But the screaming liberals have changed all that haven't they? They'll get theirs one day. What comes around, goes around. And usually the return flight is far more ferocious!