For those of you who didn't hear about it, there was a shooting a few days ago in Times Square in The Great Stinkhole, also known as New York City, involving several plain clothes undercover cops with the NYPD and a street hustler/wannabe rap star named Richard Martinez. Martinez was selling his home-made rap CDs to tourists and other suckers in Times Square when the undercover cops ID'd themselves and asked him for his tax stamp - something you have to have when hawking your goods on the street. (You don't need a license since you're selling home-made stuff, but you do need a tax stamp.) Martinez didn't have one, an argument ensued, and then he pulled out a MAC-10 machine pistol and started shooting. The cops, of course, shot back, and when the gunsmoke had cleared the punk wannabe rap star was lying on the ground, dead. He got off 3 shots before his gun jammed.
And yesterday we're greeted with the banner headline of, "NYPD TRACKS GUN IN TIMES SQUARE SHOOTING!"
Big deal. Not like they solved the Lindbergh Kidnapping or something like that. After all, it wasn't that hard to do. Turns out that all they had to do was run the serial number of the weapon, which showed it was LEGALLY PURCHASED in a gun store in Powhatan County, Virginia in early October, and that the person who bought it also later reported it stolen from her car on October 28. They even named the person who bought it in the news article. (Me, I'd have sued the living crap outta someone for releasing my name, but that's just me.) So now the NYPD is investigating just how the street punk came into possession of the firearm, which is the next logical thing to do.
Mayor Bloomberg, of course, is using this opportunity to spew his message of gun control, citing the fact that "once again" a weapon used in a shooting on the streets of New York City was purchased in that evil empire, Virginia, and how guns are bad and we need to get rid of them to solve all of society's ills.
In my humble opinion, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is as full of shit as a Christmas turkey.
Never mind the obvious facts of the story that have nothing to do with where the gun was purchased.
Never mind the fact that Martinez was recording and publishing rap songs about "staring down the cops" and had bragged that he wasn't afraid of them and had even hinted at not being afraid to take a shot at one - a brag which he fulfilled as his last mortal act.
Never mind the fact that the weapon was purchased legally, and was, in fact, an "illegal handgun" at the time of the crime because it had been STOLEN from the lawful owner and THEN used in a crime.
Never mind the fact that the gun store owner followed all federal regulations regarding gun sales, which allowed the NYPD to track the gun so quickly in the first place.
Never mind that the required federal background check was conducted before the sale, and the gun was sold LEGALLY after the check came back clear.
Never mind the fact that Martinez was in the act of committing a crime - a small one, to be sure, but a crime no less - when he started the gunfight with the cops. Not a smart thing to do, but then again, this punk hasn't shown himself to be all that bright to begin with.
No, let's not pay any attention to all of the more important facts about the incident - let's play "Bloomberg Hates Guns" and focus on the fact that the gun was purchased in Virginia and found its way to NYC via the criminal elements in that city. Let's not pay any attention to how the gun came into the punk's hands, or who facilitated it getting there. And finally, let's not pay any attention at all to the fact that the punk illegally purchased a stolen firearm, was illegally in possession of it, was carrying it concealed illegally, was committing an illegal act when he used it, and used it to try and kill two cops.
No, let's not pay any attention to that at all.
IHC
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