After Two Shootings In Philly Playgrounds, Pols Offer “Soundbite Solutions”

By Cam Edwards

There’ve been at least two shootings in Philadelphia parks and playgrounds this summer, which have killed one person and wounded more than a dozen others, prompting city leaders to call for a crackdown on the most violent gangs using proven intervention strategies alongside targeted enforcement.

Actually, that’s not true. They’re calling for a ban on guns in parks instead.

“No one’s Second Amendment rights, or no illegal guns, should have rights over our children’s constitutional rights. All of our children have a constitutional right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” said state Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell during Wednesday’s news conference at Mander Playground in the Strawberry Mansion section of North Philadelphia.

This isn’t a 2nd Amendment issue, Rep. Johnson-Harrell. This is a violent crime issue. This is a gang issue. This isn’t an issue of legal gun owners deciding to shoot up a playground. This is a matter of individuals illegally possessing guns who are committing crimes with them, and this proposal does jack squat to stop them.

Don’t believe me? Ask Anton Moore, a Democrat, community activist, and founder of the anti-violence group Unity in the Community. He doesn’t think this is going …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms