My, that was quick
It seems like just yesterday (actually it was the day before yesterday)that I blogged about improvements to Ohio's gun laws. Well, it's been passed by both houses, and as I suspected, Daft has promised a veto (which the legislature has already said they would override.)
Fingerbutt wins the award for most inane argument:
Sen. Eric Fingerhut, a Shaker Heights Democrat, during a floor speech, said that gun control is more imperative in urban areas than in rural areas. He chastised his Senate colleagues for pushing a bill that hurts Ohio's large cities."If you don't respect my constituents, you don't respect me," he said.
Well, I don't respect him, but that's besides the point. What's interesting to me is that HE doesn't respect his constituents. I haven't read the statistics, but based on observation, I'm not convinced that the crime rate per capita is much lower in the country; it just seems like there is more crime in the city because there are more people there. Po' trash is po' trash, regardless of location or color. So here's Eric saying that we need gun control more in the cities, because my constituents are more evil and irresponsible than your constituents. That's pretty typical for a liberal -- but jeez, guys, you get dissed and still elect the guy? Or is it a Shaker thing, and y'all know that Eric is trying to save you from the unwashed masses on the other side of those roadblocks?
It looks like a fine bill overall. Too bad about the journalist access provision, but we'll fix that later.
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