On the recordMarch 5, 2013
The talk around town is the paranoid gun control crowd that want more gun restrictions and more government control over guns. If they had their way, some of them would actually outlaw the Second Amendment, and the result would be that the people would have no guns. The only ones that would have guns would be the government and, of course, criminals who ignore gun laws. I call it the ``Mexico model.'' Guns are outlawed in Mexico. The citizens cannot possess guns. There is no Second Amendment and so the government has guns and criminals have guns. Some of those criminals have guns thanks in part to the United States Government sending 2,000 assault weapons to them in Fast and Furious. But that's another story. U.S. cities are moving toward the Mexico model. Chicago and Washington, D.C., have laws that make it very difficult for a citizen to exercise the Second Amendment. These cities make it difficult to even own a firearm. But all three places--Mexico, Chicago, Washington, D.C.--all have a reputation of being violent, unsafe places. Why? Because they are. If D.C. was so safe, why are government guards everywhere in the city? Even here in this Capitol building, there are armed guards on the roof, at the doors, at the back doors, at the doors over to the east and to the west. It's hypocritical of the gun control crowd in this Chamber to say ``more guns for me, but not for thee.'' If these cities were safe, gun control laws would work, but they don't work.…
