{"id":23130,"date":"2011-09-29T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=23130"},"modified":"2011-09-25T20:21:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T01:21:22","slug":"due-to-gun-control-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=23130","title":{"rendered":"Due To Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember 1982, when Willy DeVille&#8217;s twitchy paranoid masterpiece &#8220;Due To Gun Control&#8221; drew brickbats from (invariably smug left of center) &#8220;music critics&#8221; because of its &#8220;right-wing message&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mqv2Fg_kxAg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only thieves on parole and cops out on patrol walk the street feeling safe anymore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Look at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2011-09-13\/news\/ct-met-curfew-law-20110913_1_tighter-curfew-new-curfew-weekday-curfew\">the news from Chicago<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; in this case the story about the the teeth they&#8217;ve added to their juvenile curfew.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago has, of course, been racked by gang violence in recent years, &#8220;despite&#8221; the most comprehensive gun ban in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Look how it&#8217;s working:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When it&#8217;s dark, people can hide in the shadows,&#8221; said Da&#8217;Quan, somersaulting to the ground and landing firmly on his feet. &#8220;In every little corner, there is a piece of the dark where they can hide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even at 10 years old, the fourth-grader grasps the dangers facing children on Chicago&#8217;s streets. &#8220;It&#8217;s in the nighttime that violence breaks out,&#8221; said Da&#8217;Quan, with a glance toward his mother, who smiled in approval.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nope. \u00a0No post-traumatic stress in little Da&#8217;Quan&#8217;s future or anything.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the aim of protecting children from that violence, Chicago officials passed a tighter curfew that takes effect Sunday. Fines for parents who repeatedly ignore the law are going up to $1,500, under the new rules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By all means: put the law-abiding under a state of siege. \u00a0That <em>always <\/em>works with violent crime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;well, not really &#8220;siege&#8221;. \u00a0Siege is when the besieged can defend themselves. \u00a0What do you call a &#8220;siege&#8221; where you are completely at the mercy of your besiegers?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being held hostage?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prison?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During the 2010-11 school year, CPS reports that 256 students were shot, and 27 of them were killed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\">Good thing those guns were all illegal, huh?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nonsense. \u00a0Chicago&#8217;s nightmare is <em>due to gun control &#8211; <\/em>and the disdain for the rights and worth of the individual that inevitably accompanies it &#8211;\u00a0not in spite of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember 1982, when Willy DeVille&#8217;s twitchy paranoid masterpiece &#8220;Due To Gun Control&#8221; drew brickbats from (invariably smug left of center) &#8220;music critics&#8221; because of its &#8220;right-wing message&#8221;? Take a listen: &#8220;Only thieves on parole and cops out on patrol walk the street feeling safe anymore&#8221;. 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