Skip to main content

California’s Gun Crime Problems Amid Crazy Gun Laws


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Tia Fisher exemplifies why gun laws hurt rather than help public safety. Convicted felon, Curtis Harris, 34 could not possess a weapon because of state and federal gun laws that even the National rifle Association support. Nobody wants convicted criminals running around with guns except maybe Judge Fisher.

You see this felon Curtis Harris was not a model citizen or husband. He had used duct tape, handcuffs and a stun gun to kidnap his wife, Monica Harris, 37. This miscreant had a previous felony conviction and later reoffended in two incidents in which he kidnapped his wife over a three-day time span in November.

Harris’s lawyer worked out a deal for him to plead guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was waiting for his sentencing to a new 16 month prison term. Harris waited not in jail but out on the street without any bail requirement, courtesy of Judge Fisher.

Curtis Harris was free to do what was next. Curtis Harris soon contacted his estranged wife in violation of a court order and shortly returned killing her and then himself.

California is a place where law-abiding folks have few gun rights while violent criminals are set free to arm themselves and stalk their prey. Again, as usual gun laws worked only to aid criminals.

Comments

The problem with gun grabbers is they put their well being into the hands of others, not themselves. It is already against the law to hit people...it's against the law to steal from people...it's against the law to enter someone's home and steal or hurt them...it's against the law to kill someone. Criminals know this already, but it doesn't stop them.

The police cannot be everywhere all the time. You the individual, has the inalienable right to defend yourself from those who would steal, maim or kill you. A firearm is the best equalizer.

I myself will not be a victim. Shoot the bastards and let God sort it out.
Mike M said…
What does this story have to do with gun laws? I agree, that judge is an idiot, but the problem here is that the perp was free instead of in jail awaiting the sentence. Good story, but we do our cause no favors by interjecting the problems of gun control into cases where it really isn't a deciding factor, or even an influencing one.
Mike it’s all really very simple even for a bright fellow like you. The only people who obey laws are the law-abiding. Gun laws are absolutely unenforceable against criminals simply because they are criminals.

The only people who are impaired or obstructed from owning or possessing firearms because of gun laws are the law-abiding folks. The bad news is the unarmed and law-abiding folks are usually the victims of criminals.
stop crime, not freedom said…
Very good point. You see if our gun laws and regulations worked the way they are intended, Then why do criminals have such easy access to them? We need stricter penalties for felons and anyone who misuses a firearm. Simple as that. Focus on removing firearms from criminals, or people otherwise mentally unfit. Passing new laws that effect a good persons ability to aquiring any firearm is a misguided approach to bettering public safety. Firearms are used 100,000 - 2,500,000 times a year by law-abiding people to defend their lives and property. How is it that these instances are so easily overlooked, while every criminal misuse of a firearm makes the front page of our daily newspaper?

Popular posts from this blog

A 40 Caliber Nightmare Is Caught On Tape.

So you’re confident that that .40 caliber S&W service round will keep you safe. Maybe you’ll have second thoughts after you see this video. One hot summer night in 1994 Tempe and Mesa Arizona police were involved in a pursuit with this suspect who ran into a stranger’s apartment to hide after being shot TWICE in the chest. He was shirtless and you can see the blood pumping out of those two wounds. What’s really frightening is just how agile this fellow is as he struts to the ambulance. If he was not handcuffed and had a knife or a gun, ask yourself if he could still hurt you, your partner or a hostage? If your jurisdiction demands that officers carry either the 9MM or the .40 Caliber S&W it’s time to show this video to your bosses and lobby to have the .45 ACP round authorized. The switch may well reduce the screaming by self-appointed community activists about how many rounds police had to use on a suspect. The really talented and courageous video journalist, Karen Ke...

The origin of the feature film, COME FRIDAY…

CLick On the pictures to see full size versions. Long ago there was a young lady I had the hots for in a big way (Yes, I know that hots is not a word). She was pretty, incredibly bright, and had some real elegance about her. She had a love for children and basic kindness that you don’t often see in someone her age. I met her parents and could understand she came from a much more stable home than mine. I was raised by a single, welfare mom and suddenly found myself way out-classed. For whatever reasons things did not workout they way I had hoped. Sadly for me, we went on our separate ways. From time to time I’d run into this lady in various places where our job had taken us. Whenever this happened my heart would skip a beat or two. I left my hometown Chicago, and moved to Arizona where I founded my detective agency. As a private eye and soon a TV news producer too, my career took me to the highest profile criminal events in Arizona and throughout the country. There’s no question that ...

Gun vs. Knife

So you think because you carry and know how to use a gun that you will be able to protect yourself from a knife or cutting instrument attack with ease? For those people that think guns are more dangerous than knives, think again. More than 60% of all people shot with firearms even multiple times survive the attack. Cutting and stabbing victims don’t do nearly as well. Bullet wounds self-seal because of the elastic nature of human tissue. Knife cuts lay open and bleed profusely as the veins and arteries are opened wide. Then there are those laughably ignorant people (too many are politicians) who want cops or civilians confronted by knife wielding criminals to either shoot the knife out of someone’s hand or just shoot to wound. You’re about to see that such an effort will get you killed. Watch this video and you will see the knife can easily beat a gun in any contest.