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"Feds urge clergy to help get guns off streets"
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[link to bostonherald.com]
For starters, this sounds mysteriously familiar, as though it was stolen from the script of a Blue Bloods episode (if I'm not mistaken).
" 'At the end of the day, when a gun is used in a crime in Boston, we will do everything possible to find out how the gun ended up in the shooter’s hands,' Daniel Kumor, special agent in charge of Boston’s ATF division, told about 20 pastors at the 12th Baptist Church in Roxbury."
"Religious leaders in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and the South End said they will roll out programs to help curb shootings, the Rev. Jeffrey Brown said. They’ll help families who have experienced trauma and visit homes of at-risk youths so their parents recognize the warning signs of troubled behavior, Brown added."
"Boston police also reported 107 guns have been seized so far this year. Last year a total 667 guns were taken off the streets, police said."
"some illegal guns in Massachusetts are coming from nearby in Maine and New Hampshire, or southern states such as Georgia, Virginia or Florida. Many of the guns are making their way to the Bay State through drug trafficking"
What kind of substantive terms are "some," and "many?" After all, they were forthcoming with their sum-total statistics.
Define "taken off the streets."
Of these sum-total statistics, where are the breakdowns?
How many were voluntarily turned in? After all, this is MA we're talking about. How many have these clergy members guilted their members into handing in? How many were functional?
How many were seized from criminals.
Moreover, how many were seized from innocents for bureaucratic BS like "failing to register?"
And then there's the matter of the ATF's botched "Fast & Furious" program. How many of these are weapons recovered from that priceless operation, in an effort to continue keeping it below the radar?
And finally, there's the matter of drug trafficking. Perhaps if the administration would support its legal obligation and responsibility to policing the border and punishing illegal aliens, they might in turn be doing a bit more to curb illegal firearms as well.
Finally, what happened to the all-to-sensitive matter of separating church from state? After all, our government otherwise is content to turn a blind eye to the marginalization, persecution, and slaughter of Christians regularly. Apparently, the church is integral (when necessary).
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