Political Quotes

“There is an old joke about a lawyer who is representing the owner of a dog that bit somebody. First, he says the dog did not bite the man. When that does not work, he says that the client did not own a dog. And when that does not work, he says that the dog was not a dog. That is exactly what the National Rifle Association is doing. First, they said that assault weapons do not kill people, people kill people. When that did not work, they said that these assault weapons are not assault weapons. When that did not work, they said that there is no such thing as a semi-automatic assault weapon. Well, to go back to that old expression: These dogs won't hunt. It is so rare that we deal with issues that are so clear cut, that make such basic common sense. These are weapons of war and now the artillery of the drug trade. Let me tell you about one story from my city I heard from my district attorney. It happened last year. Four men, three of them brothers, were standing on a corner in west Philadelphia. They were not involved in crime; they were just on the wrong corner at the wrong time. Because, it was a drug corner, and they were getting in the way of business. Four of the men who controlled the corner arrived, all armed, one with an M-11. They opened fire. Nineteen shells were recovered from the M-11. Two men died. One brother is confined to a wheelchair. One man was shot eight times and, remarkably, survived. I have said enough.…”