Notes From D.R. | Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=74201

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/20/corrections_officer_among_3_slain_in_boston?mode=PF

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=74083

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/19/youth_shot_to_death_on_bus_teen_charged?mode=PF

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/03/20/anguished_mother_says_sons_killing_was_personal?mode=PF

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/03/19/boston_police_investigating_string_of_murders/

Looks like the folks are getting frisky in Beantown once again. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before Mayor Menino comes out to do a press conference where he claims that the gun control laws aren’t stringent enough. Look, I’m no 2nd Amendment fanatic, but after 12 years in office, shouldn’t Menino realize by now that, even with the Bay State’s already heavily-restrictive gun laws, criminals and gangbangers still find a way to get the guns illegally? I don’t know what’s worse–the guys on the far right who think that banning abortion will stop people from getting an abortion, or the guys on the far left who think that banning guns will stop people from shooting each other…