Cop Killers And Government Spending……..

My sincere condolences go out to the families of the 2 Tampa Police officers who were killed in the line of duty early Tuesday morning, June 29th. Officers David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab were shot and killed during what is being described as a routine traffic stop. The shooter, who is still at large, has been identified as 24-year old Dontae Rashawn Morris.

This tragedy comes on the heels of a Supreme Court decision that upholds the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own guns. The ruling was in response to attempts from certain cities to ban gun ownership. This SCOTUS decision makes it clear that gun ownership is a right that is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution….and cannot be overridden by state laws or local ordinances. Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the Second Amendment right "applies equally to the federal government and the states”.....But while the 2nd Amendment clearly states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”….there are some who will point to the tragic shooting of these two Tampa police officers and say “If there were no guns, this wouldn’t have happened”. That ignorant statement is what I would like to address in this commentary.

First of all….records show that Dontae Morris served as a guest of the Florida State Prison System on cocaine charges, on two separate occasions…..a two year sentence, which ended in April of 2010...and a nine month stint from 2004 to 2005. This fact alone would make him ineligible to legally purchase a gun. That means the gun used in this shooting was either stolen….or purchased illegally.

Some of the most ridiculous logic for banning guns comes from people like Richard M. Daley, the Mayor of Chicago who recently made the following statment..."We are a country of laws not a nation of guns." My responses to that statement are pretty simple…”First of all....you're an idiot....Then...Are you serious?....because the last time I checked, there was a law against shooting and killing two police officers during a routine traffic stop……but that didn’t stop this piece of crap, Dontae Morris from doing just that”. Just because you make it illegal to own a gun, doesn’t mean all of the guns go away…..NO, it just means that all of the guns go away from people who abide by the law. My guess is that someone who has no compunction in killing 2 police officers during a routine traffic stop, probably doesn’t have much of a problem with illegally obtaining a gun to commit the crime…..

Here’s some more ignorance from Mayor Daley….He said he's considering creating a registry of the names and addresses of everyone in the city who legally owns a handgun, which would be made available to police officers, firefighters and other "first responders" before they arrive at the scene of emergencies……AGAIN my response to that idea seems pretty simplistic…..Mayor Daley, please lean forward and listen very closely…”THE GUY THAT KILLED THE TWO TAMPA POLICE OFFICERS DIDN’T OWN THE GUN LEGALLY, YOU IDIOT...SO WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT LAW HAVE DONE?!!!!!!”. Anyone who has such a lack of conscience that they could kill two police officers for no reason……will find a gun no matter how many laws are passed. If your idea was sound….then there would be no illegal drugs on the streets….after all the key word in “illegal drugs” is ILLEGAL. It is NOT law-abiding gun owners that are causing the problem…..in most cases, it’s those who are already breaking the law in other ways, that are the problem.

There’s more from Mayor Daley…..on Monday after the SCOTUS ruled against laws like Chicago and some other cities have on their books....he said the following…."Look at all the guns that shot people this weekend. Where did they come from? That is the issue…..ten people have been killed and more than 60 others wounded by gunfire since Friday”. WOW…..this is just TOO easy….Again listen closely…..”YOU HAD THE GUN BAN LAWS ON THE BOOKS OVER THAT SAME WEEKEND….HOW’S THAT WORKING FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO?” Sources say that a majority of the shootings were “gang-related”….and of course we all know that gang members ALWAYS go to legitimate gun shops and buy and register their guns legally….Right? Of course not….AGAIN, if guns are outlawed….criminals will be the only ones with guns.

I am not trying to politicize the tragic deaths of these two fallen police officers…..However, when something like this happens….I know that the gun-control freaks will be coming out of the woodwork trying to take away my guns and the guns of other law-abiding citizens. Let me say with great conviction…”that aint gonna happen”…..Why...you might ask? The key concept here....in my less than grammatically correct statement is just that....“I am a gun owner”.

In a day when most government budgets are being stretched to their very limit….let me offer up a money-saving idea. When this human-piece-of-garbage, Dontae Morris, is captured….rather than spending millions of dollars on trials…court-appointed attorneys….prison….appeals and more court-appointed attorneys…and on and on…….let me make a suggestion. I carry a gun every day. In that gun I specifically use “Hornady® Critical Defense .38 Special+p” ammunition. While they are somewhat expensive (a little over a dollar each)….one or two well placed shots with one of these babies....would offer a swift alternative to the millions of dollars that could potentially be spent to bring about the same result…..and as you know….I’m all about cutting government spending. Then Again….That’s Just Me

…..Of Oil And Immigrants……….

Recently at a town hall meeting, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz) was asked about a one-on-one meeting that he had with President Obama regarding illegal immigration. Sen. Kyl’s response seems to have ruffled some feathers in and around the White House……Here’s is the Senator’s version of what was said…."The president said the problem is if we secure the border, then you all won't have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform…In other words, they're holding it hostage". Let me insert here that “comprehensive immigration reform”….is Democrat for amnesty…He went on to say that the President made it clear that “They won't secure the border unless and until is it combined with comprehensive immigration reform." Of course the White House has denied that Obama ever said that, and why shouldn’t we believe them, since they have been so honest and transparent thus far into the president's reign.


Let me see if I understand this……Obama was basically saying “I know that there is a problem with illegals spilling across the U.S. border….and in some cases destroying the lives of many U.S. citizens…..BUT…I’m not going to do anything about it until the Republicans play MY game…MY way”. Or in other words…”Screw the citizens of the United States….my agenda of amnesty for illegal immigrants is far more important than you…or your rights”. Does that sound about right as to the proper interpretation? If you said “yes”…then you obviously are very intelligent….If you said “no”…then I would say that it is very likely that if Obama walked up to you and hit you in the head with a hammer…..you would blink and say “why did George Bush just hit me with a hammer?”


As I was thinking about the illegal immigration crisis….my tiny little mind wondered over to another crisis….and that is the one we are seeing in the Gulf of Mexico. While I’m not a tree-hugging nut-case…(ok….I’m not a tree-hugger…the nut-case part is still up for debate)….I HAVE spent my entire life on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I grew up fishing with my Dad, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico….and when I see what is happening…it makes me sick. With that said….I see a LOT of similarities (or simularities if you are from Indiana) between the illegal immigration problem along our border....and the oil problem in the Gulf. I know that I will probably offend some people here…..so let me say up front….Im NOT going to apologize. Here’s the way I see it……………….


You can spend gazillions of dollars on cleaning up the beaches of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida (and I am pro-clean-up if anyone asks)……but until you stop the oil from gushing out of the broken well….isn’t it kind of pointless? It seems to me that our number one priority….and our main focus should be to stop the steady flow of oil…..and THEN focus on what to do with all the oil that is already there. Or maybe President Obama could tell Senator Kyl and the other Republicans that if they will support a law that says that the oil that has already spilled into the Gulf isn’t harmful (basically amnesty for the oil)…..THEN he and the Democrats would do something about the tens of thousand of gallons of oil that are spilling into the Gulf every day.


Before someone blows an o-ring……let me clarify that I’m not saying that the administration blew up the oil well…..or that they are intentionally stalling on getting the oil leak stopped….just to get their way. (After all….everyone knows that George W. Bush blew up that oil rig) BUT….In the words of Obama’s Chief of Staff Rham Emanuel "Never let a serious crisis go to waste….What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before."


What I am saying, is this….we are taking the 2 most serious crises in the nation….and politicizing the dog crap out of them. Obama and the Democrats are saying.....Let’s use the crisis of illegals flooding across our borders in order to get amnesty for the 12 -15 million illegals who are already here…..and lets use the crisis of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico to get cap and trade passed…..BOTH of which will undoubtedly bring harm to the tax-paying citizens of the United States. Of course…..all the while, the solution to both problems is the same……Stop the flow….then clean up the mess. Then Again….That’s Just Me