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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy Must Be Stupid
In the wake of yet another murder rampage in Chicago, a city with some of the most restrictive gun control legislation in the country, Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy called for a nationwide ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. I suppose that since he isn’t doing his job of protecting the people of Chicago, he would like the rest of the country to follow Chicago’s lead thus making him not look so terrible by comparison.
According to McCarthy, “Illegal guns drive violence. Military-type weapons, like the one we believe to have been used in this shooting, belong on a battlefield, not on a street or in a corner or in a park.”
The superintendent’s logic is preposterous. Here’s why: guns are inanimate objects. They do nothing on their own. Guns respond to pressure applied by someone or something or they simply lie there and cause no harm.
So, in what sense can a gun of any sort drive violence? The answer: it can’t. Guns can’t drive violence any more than scissors or butcher knives or ice picks. All of those objects can be used in violent situations by criminals and deranged people and can cause death or serious injury, but none of them can do anything by themselves. They require an act on someone’s part, and that someone is the driver of violence.
Violent people use better logic than Superintendent McCarthy. They are attracted to places where they feel safe, and they feel safe in places where they are the only people on the streets carrying weapons. That’s why they like Chicago and that’s why the FBI calls Chicago the “murder capital of the United States”.
The superintendent’s feeble, politically correct suggestion ignores overwhelming evidence that there is no correlation between gun control and violent crime. In fact, the evidence tells us that gun control is counterproductive. As a law enforcement officer, he should know that.
Evidence should influence the superintendent’s thinking, but obviously it doesn’t. Therefore, the people of Chicago need to boot Superintendent McCarthy out and replace him with someone who isn’t committed to a fatally flawed and life threatening ideology despite the facts because he is endangering their lives. Will they do it? Probably not, so I guess you can say that they have what they deserve.
Based on the quality of his thinking, a logical person can easily conclude that Superintendent McCarthy isn’t very smart. Some people might even say that he is stupid. Judging by the facts of this case, I am one of those people. Since McCarthy is still in his job, a similar question is raised about the people of Chicago.
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‘We’ll get to soldier’s killers,’ IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz vows
Steinitz: Iran may want an agreement, but it’s liable to be ‘Munich agreement’
Between US and Iran, a long-sought breakthrough
Netanyahu to compare Iran with North Korea in UN speech
Report: Iran denies involvement in Burgas attack
Abbas condemns killing of IDF soldiers in NY meeting with Jewish leaders
Israelis, Palestinians trade barbs but peace talks are not derailed
Train carrying hazardous materials derails in Negev
Kenya says all hostages freed in mall siege, gunfire heard
A history of cooperation between Israel and Kenya
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Repeat Performance: Jews Banned from the Temple Mount
Hundreds of Children Set to Visit Temple Mount
Terrorist: Nairobi Mall Hit Over ‘Jewish Shops’
Dozens of MKs Join Calls to End Terrorist Prisoner Releases
Terror Victim Families Demand End to Releases
Ministers Demand Review of Terrorist Swap Policy
Eight Years After Gush Katif, Evacuees Inaugurate new Synagogue
2,500 Worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb
Experiencing ‘Jacob’s Dream’ in Beit El
Arabs Appeal to High Court Over Hevron Home
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Left, right split on response to soldiers’ killings
Palestinian Authority refrains from condemning soldier killings
Iran’s president urges ‘interaction’ at UN
IDF Patrol Comes Under Fire on Syria Border
Report: Syrian rebel group kills local Al-Qaeda chief
Rights group slams PA treatment of demonstrators
Lebanon to deploy forces to Hezbollah stronghold
A ‘synagogue’ that doesn’t look Jewish
Israelis move to shelters as Iran attack nears
IDF Blocks EU-Palestinian Effort to Counter Israeli Court Ruling
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IDF hunts for Palestinian sniper who killed soldier in Hebron
Israel Demands Explanation After French Diplomat Punches Israeli Soldier in the Face (VIDEO)
America’s “Little Mogadishus” Produced 3 of the Kenya Al Qaeda Terrorists
Sexual Jihad: Tunisian Interior Minister says girls getting pregnant
Terrorist tried to lure victims with tale of ‘buried treasure’
Israel: “Diplomats Should Not Act as Provocateurs”
Huma Abedin Forced to Choose: Hillary or Anthony
Rep. Nancy Pelosi: Nothing left to cut in budget — ‘the cupboard is bare’
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Yoav Limor: The Hebron hotspot— The first instinct is to view the events of recent days as a wave of terror. Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed in two days seems like a trend, especially as the incidents occurred so close together after a relatively prolonged period of quiet.
Rami Igra: Change the rules of the game— The abduction and brutal murder of Tomer Hazan is a warning light. Over the past year alone, there have been dozens of thwarted attempts to kidnap Israeli soldiers and civilians, thwarted, sometimes at the very last minute, thanks to the professionalism, and luck, of Israel’s security services.
Boaz Bismuth: By way of deception shalt thou make peace?— Then-President of Iran Mohammad Khatami arrived in Paris in the fall of 1999 to take part in a UNESCO conference. Khatami, who gained a surprise victory in the election two years prior, defeating the ultra-conservative Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, drew the most attention when he adopted the slogan “dialogue among civilizations.” He was perceived as the Iranian Mikhail Gorbachev — the leader who was a product of the system, but who would destroy the system.
Dr. Reuven Berko: Decentralized Islamic terror— The terror attack in Nairobi is part of a larger albeit decentralized string of Islamist offensives attempting to Islamize Africa, Asia and eventually the globe.
Uri Heitner: Are you still with me?— The boycott phenomenon is a product of systematic incitement against “settlers” that has been going on for decades.
Tony Czuczka and Brian Parkin: Merkel Gets Biggest Victory Since Kohl’s Reunification Vote—During the campaign, Merkel said that insisting on reforms in euro countries that received aid was the only way to raise Europe’s competitiveness, citing the fall in German joblessness from a post-World War II high of 12.1 percent in 2005 following a labor-market overhaul. The German unemployment rate is now 6.8 percent compared to 12.1 in the 17-nation euro region. German 10-year bond yields are 1.94 percent, while comparable U.K. gilts yield 2.92 percent and U.S. debt 2.73 percent.
Eyal Lehmann: Comment posted, damage done: Online battle for Israel’s hasbara—On July 11, the Middle East made headlines in Italy again. Not one missile fell in Israeli territory, nor was a terrorist killed in Gaza. Still, for 24 hours, one feature did not escape the headlines on the La Repubblica website, one of the two most popular news sources in the country: “Israeli soldiers,” the website reported with a video, “arrested a five-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank for throwing rocks.” The IDF maintained that the boy was merely detained and then released back to his parents, but many Italian surfers saw enough to unholster.
Howard LaFranchi: Iran and Syria on stage at UN: Real drama to replace shock theater— Forget Broadway. The most riveting drama on a New York stage this week will be at the United Nations, as world leaders including President Obama and Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, address global audiences and test the diplomatic openings for addressing two of the world’s most explosive issues: Syria and Iran’s nuclear program.
Kenneth L Marcus: The Top Ten Responses to Campus Anti-Semitism— Some of us are accustomed to criticizing government and campus leaders when they fail to respond properly to anti-Semitism. But what are these leaders getting right? As the new academic year begins, we would like to strike a positive note. The Louis D. Brandeis Center has developed the following top ten list of laudable actions recently taken to address the upsurge in campus anti-Semitism. We concede that some of these actions are debatable, and we agree that a few have had some flaws. Nevertheless, they all represent a step forward. We have commended some of these officials before, but we are happy to do it again.
Jeremy Rosen: Israel and the Jews Should Forget the West, and Look East— The anniversary of the Yom Kippur War always reminds one of Israeli fallibility, arrogance, and overconfidence, yet also of its capacity to defy the odds and come back from the brink. It was another example of our bringing disaster upon ourselves and then fighting back to survive. After all, that is what the name “Israel” means in the Bible: “to struggle with man and God and survive.”
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The scripture below is from the New American Standard Bible, and the hyperlinks associated with each word are from Strong’s Concordance for the New American Standard Bible.
Amos 2: 3-4
“I will also cut off the judge from her midst and slay all her princes with him,” says Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its [punishment], because they rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept His statutes; their lies also have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.”
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback. It’s also available for free in PDF format.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
- “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
- “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)
- Yeshua said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (John 8: 58)
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The Name Yahweh Sets the Messiah Apart
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Blessings in the Book of Revelation is a book that you need to read, especially now. There are blessings throughout the Scriptures but Revelation is the only book in the Bible actually containing a specific blessing for reading it. It’s repeated twice, once at the beginning and again at the end. This is the reason that I believe Revelation should be the first step toward studying biblical prophecy. Though not easy to do, Revelation can be broken down and understood by anyone, not just the academic elite. So, Revelation’s blessings are for everyone. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Other Books by Neil Snyder
- Stand! is a suspense novel that exposes the lies, corruption, and greed underlying the theory that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming. Professor Wes Carlyle and Karen Sterling, his research collaborator, carefully scan the audience for their would-be attacker—a member of the enviro-gestapo who has been following them for days. Wes spots his man in the back of the room leaning against the wall. Suddenly, another man in the audience steps forward and moves toward Karen at a menacing pace. With a vicious stroke, he swings a billy club at her head. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
