Chicago Democrat Mayor Rahm Emanuel went back to the old tired playbook yesterday, calling for more gun control following the insane criminal violence in his city over the weekend.

In reality, what the Windy City needs is more gun owners – specifically the law-abiding folks in the city.  More good guys with guns in America’s murder capital will make the more intelligent bad guys think a little longer before they go committing their violent crimes against the innocent.

The dumb or particularly brazen criminals will end up dead, which frankly, is a good place for them.

Yes, that means the violence will go up.  It will be temporary, until word gets out that practicing thuggery is a high-risk profession.

Rahm’s call happened at an awards banquet in Chicago honoring Chicago police officers (and a retired one) for valor, and he said:  “It is not just about how many police you have, it is about the quantity of guns that are on the street so we actually have gun laws that back up the men and women we just recognized.”

Second City Cop was particularly critical of Rahm’s call for more failed gun control, citing the theft of 111 handguns and short-barreled rifles taken in a heist of a rail car in Chicago earlier this week – something that didn’t get much of any press.

SCC also made some other relevant and notable observations:

Did Rahm regale the press with complaints about how Prickwrinkle and Dart are emptying the jail? Or how judges are giving light sentences for gun possession…boot camp in some cases? Or how so many shooters and victims seem to be out on parole or electronic monitoring when they get tangled up in gun crimes again and again and again? Or how the community seems to condone this violence by their silence and semi-organized resistance to any form of cooperation with the judicial system?

All hope is not lost.

Guns Save Life will be bringing gun rights activism to Chicagoland this Saturday.

Guns Save Life Chicago!

Saturday, May 30th

Oak Lawn VFW
Johnson – Phelps
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5220
9514 S 52nd Ave
Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Dinner and conversation begin around 4pm.
Meeting business at 5:30pm.

In short, we’re going to begin helping the gun owners north of I-80 educate their fellow Illinoisans about the proven benefits of firearm ownership.

This will include a “one gun a month” program at our meeting locations where we hold a drawing to give away a gun.  Yes, we’re bringing an iron pipeline directly into Chicagoland, helping the law-abiding local residents gun up against violent criminal predators.