40 Violations And a 45- Have A Nice Day

it has come to light that the "mentally ill" pakistani man who shot up the jewish center in seattle not only was overdue for a sentence on a conviction of indecent exposure, he was also stopped by the police about 30 minutes before his shooting spree for a traffic violation. no, i don't expect that the police should have noticed his state of mind, or any such nonsense. but i do kind of wish they had taken note of his 40 outstanding traffic violations and done SOMETHING with him. yes, i said 40 violations. i know people who have had to wait on the side of the road in the rain for a ride while their car was impounded and towed for, like, 2 outstanding tickets. so 40? wow.

oh, and by the way, he was somehow allowed to buy a 45 (handgun) too. for some reason this has reopened the gun debate- because clearly cracking down on mentally ill guys with criminal records will do anything to stop criminals from buying illegal weapons on the street. anyway, they are talking about tougher laws and stricter screening and longer waiting periods for those who want to purchase a handgun. what do i think?

i think if more of us law-abiding citizens had some law-enforcing guns, someone could have taken that guy down before he got off more than one shot. or stopped him before even the first shot was fired. i think, as i usually do in response to gun crimes by wackos against innocent people, that we should have more guns in the hands of competent individuals, not less.

want to stop crime in your neighborhood? give me a granny with a gun over an ACLU pacifist any day. want to make the criminals think twice? put a handgun in every diaper bag and a pistol in every make-up case. the new soccer mom needs an uzi in her SUV. that's justice the blogblond way.