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class=Box_22658898_HeadlinePack More Brainpower And Less Firepower
class=Box_22658898_BylineSteve Corbett Reporting
corbett@wilknewsradio.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Pistol-packing pals recently bellied up to the buffet table at a Dickson City restaurant to make a pistol-packing point.
This was no chicken wing eating contest.
If these boys – and some women, too – wanted to, they could do more than merely wing an assailant who stumbled into this fine eating establishment intent on doing the same deadly damage as cholesterol does.
These buffet buckaroos could plant an outlaw once and for all in a fuselage of lead and bury the bandito firmly in the far end of the salad bar.
Proponents of what is known as the OC or the open carry of loaded firearms seem more intent on publicly making their point that the practice, however showy, is perfectly legal in Pennsylvania.
Unless, of course, you are openly carrying your pistol in Philadelphia, where one caller to “Corbett” yesterday said cops frown on the practice and have made it known that they might very well shoot first and ask questions later.
Edgy trigger fingers remain an issue in Philly, where the most recent city cop to die fell under a hail of fire from an assault rifle.
But the rest of the state has nothing to fear when it comes to open carry advocates who made a public display out of their hobby – excuse me, their Second Amendment right – to tote big firepower while taking the family out for a nice dinner at a hometown buffet.
Friday night’s event in Dickson City brought men, women and children to the buffet table.
The children were not armed.
The right to publicly pack heat is only available to those who are 18 and older. Then, carrying a gun in the open to a buffet restaurant can be fun for the entire family.
Gramps can pack a loaded pistol on a replaced hip. Grandma can wear one over her Sunday-go-to-meeting dress. Junior can strap on a couple of heaters instead of joining the Army and heading to Afghanistan where Taliban kids have likely been packing for years.
But somebody spoiled the party on Friday night and called 911.
Police arrived at the restaurant and confusion reigned.
As it turns out, gun owners apparently are indeed free to wear loaded guns in public.
But most cops don’t like it and neither do I.
Society is making a paranoid spectacle of itself.
Buffet table regulars have a greater chance of dying of a heart attack and obesity-related disease than they do from an assailant’s bullets fired across a steam table loaded with chicken-fried steak gravy and biscuits.
Because state law does not prohibit the practice, advocates say open carry is legal. That can change, but it won’t. Lawmakers are petrified of the armed gravy and biscuits crowd.
Even U.S. Sen. Bob Casey fears gun owners and won’t take a hard line against assault rifles, dismissing pleas for help from fellow Democrats Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who want a renewed federal assault rifle ban.
Pro-life Casey does, however, favor the death penalty for certain heinous crimes.
That’s great news for the children of the latest dead Philly cop. Maybe Casey will even present them with a folded American flag that flew over the Capitol on the day daddy died.
Maybe he can get them front row seats at the next cop killer execution.
Better yet, maybe he can show some real leadership and courage under fire.
Casey and other lawmakers must realize that regular death and destruction comes from the barrel of a gun.
We need fewer displays of firepower and more displays of brainpower.
Lawmakers worry more about losing the next election than about losing more lives on the streets of America. Lawmakers concern themselves more with their own political survival than with the survival of victims gunned down on a regular basis.
I have two suggestions until lawmakers come to their senses: If you see someone wearing a handgun in public, call 911. And if you own a restaurant or any other private business, ban all guns from the premises.
Using your head is always better than using your trigger finger.
http://wilknetwork.com/Pack-More-Bra...epower/2186256
class=Box_22658898_HeadlinePack More Brainpower And Less Firepower
class=Box_22658898_BylineSteve Corbett Reporting
corbett@wilknewsradio.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Pistol-packing pals recently bellied up to the buffet table at a Dickson City restaurant to make a pistol-packing point.
This was no chicken wing eating contest.
If these boys – and some women, too – wanted to, they could do more than merely wing an assailant who stumbled into this fine eating establishment intent on doing the same deadly damage as cholesterol does.
These buffet buckaroos could plant an outlaw once and for all in a fuselage of lead and bury the bandito firmly in the far end of the salad bar.
Proponents of what is known as the OC or the open carry of loaded firearms seem more intent on publicly making their point that the practice, however showy, is perfectly legal in Pennsylvania.
Unless, of course, you are openly carrying your pistol in Philadelphia, where one caller to “Corbett” yesterday said cops frown on the practice and have made it known that they might very well shoot first and ask questions later.
Edgy trigger fingers remain an issue in Philly, where the most recent city cop to die fell under a hail of fire from an assault rifle.
But the rest of the state has nothing to fear when it comes to open carry advocates who made a public display out of their hobby – excuse me, their Second Amendment right – to tote big firepower while taking the family out for a nice dinner at a hometown buffet.
Friday night’s event in Dickson City brought men, women and children to the buffet table.
The children were not armed.
The right to publicly pack heat is only available to those who are 18 and older. Then, carrying a gun in the open to a buffet restaurant can be fun for the entire family.
Gramps can pack a loaded pistol on a replaced hip. Grandma can wear one over her Sunday-go-to-meeting dress. Junior can strap on a couple of heaters instead of joining the Army and heading to Afghanistan where Taliban kids have likely been packing for years.
But somebody spoiled the party on Friday night and called 911.
Police arrived at the restaurant and confusion reigned.
As it turns out, gun owners apparently are indeed free to wear loaded guns in public.
But most cops don’t like it and neither do I.
Society is making a paranoid spectacle of itself.
Buffet table regulars have a greater chance of dying of a heart attack and obesity-related disease than they do from an assailant’s bullets fired across a steam table loaded with chicken-fried steak gravy and biscuits.
Because state law does not prohibit the practice, advocates say open carry is legal. That can change, but it won’t. Lawmakers are petrified of the armed gravy and biscuits crowd.
Even U.S. Sen. Bob Casey fears gun owners and won’t take a hard line against assault rifles, dismissing pleas for help from fellow Democrats Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who want a renewed federal assault rifle ban.
Pro-life Casey does, however, favor the death penalty for certain heinous crimes.
That’s great news for the children of the latest dead Philly cop. Maybe Casey will even present them with a folded American flag that flew over the Capitol on the day daddy died.
Maybe he can get them front row seats at the next cop killer execution.
Better yet, maybe he can show some real leadership and courage under fire.
Casey and other lawmakers must realize that regular death and destruction comes from the barrel of a gun.
We need fewer displays of firepower and more displays of brainpower.
Lawmakers worry more about losing the next election than about losing more lives on the streets of America. Lawmakers concern themselves more with their own political survival than with the survival of victims gunned down on a regular basis.
I have two suggestions until lawmakers come to their senses: If you see someone wearing a handgun in public, call 911. And if you own a restaurant or any other private business, ban all guns from the premises.
Using your head is always better than using your trigger finger.