Chicago Murder rate increases 60% in 3 months

How much longer will they continue to deny basic rights in Illinois? Since we KNOW that disarming the law abiding outside the home isn't working, let's try the other option and see what happens.

Yes, some folks will still die, but it will be the thugs who were previously doing all the killing. When a handful go down, it tends to take some of the fire out of the rest of them.

Try this link on for size and check out the last 2 lines in particular. Great to see a news outlet saying this!

http://www.irnnews.com/2012/04/12/chicago’s-murder-rate-has-risen-60-in-just-the-last-three-months/

Mayor Emanuel wants folks to stand up to gangs? That's great news! When will he understand that the citizens need tools to do so? He's made the statement, now let's see if he can follow through!

Is it too much to hope that change is in the air?

A "guns save lives" story of a different sort

I heard this on The Huckabee Report earlier and wanted to share it. Click on the January 3, 2012 Afternoon link under the media player, the story starts at about 2 minutes into the report.

In short, man sees a car, upside down in a river, children inside....he uses his handgun to shoot window glass out and then cuts seat belts to rescue children.

Here's a link to the USA Today story.

And a second story from ABC News, contains a video interview with rescuer.

So, remind me again why some are so fearful of firearms....