http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php All comments for 500th Homicide Brings Out Jesse Jackson en-us 2009 Marcus Gilmer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552350 http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552350 Comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:35:34 -0600 <p>The only suggestion of his I agree with is banning ex-cons from having guns. If you've never committed a crime in your life, there's no reason simply owning a piece of metal should land you in jail. Democrats are supposed to be the ones in favor of abolishing victimless crimes, but that apparently doesn't extend to gun ownership.</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552332 http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552332 Comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:46:01 -0600 <p>Apologies for the duplicate submission - got a 500 internal server error the first time and then retried it...</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552331 http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552331 Comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:44:33 -0600 <p>Jessie is a politician. He is expected to do "something". I support gun ownership and agree with several of the suggestions he made though. But how do you "regulate the trafficking of illegal guns"? By their nature, they are already breaking the law. Should we regulate drug trafficking? The slave trade? Illegal immigrants? Terrorist acts? And "Prohibit all violent criminals from possessing firearms"? Isn't that already a condition of obtaining a FOID card? Too bad the good ideas will be dismissed with the grandstanding here...</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552328 http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/28/500th_homicide_brings_out_jesse_jac.php#comment-1552328 Comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:40:56 -0600 <p>Jessie is a politician. He is expected to do "something". I support gun ownership and agree with several of the suggestions he made though. But how do you "regulate the trafficking of illegal guns"? By their nature, they are already breaking the law. Should we regulate drug trafficking? The slave trade? Illegal immigrants? Terrorist acts? And "Prohibit all violent criminals from possessing firearms"? Isn't that already a condition of obtaining a FOID card? Too bad the good ideas will be dismissed with the grandstanding here...</p>