Unfortunately, one can’t access the full online articles from The San Diego Daily Transcript without a paid subscription, but today retired State Senator Larry Stirling weighs in on its pages with a gem on how the San Diego City Council is addressing a growing crime problem.
After relating a littany of recent crimes as just an example of that faced by the city, Larry wraps up with this:
The government’s No. 1 priority is protecting the lives and property of its citizens. This moral imperative is even higher, given the fact that our government has chosen to abridge our fundamental right to protect ourselves by prohibiting us from carrying firearms in self-defense.
The government is in an absurd and indefensible posture when it neglects to protect us and then will not let us protect ourselves. That is unacceptable.
So, what exactly has the City Council done to address this fundamental moral imperative?
Well, on Dec. 6, the San Diego City Council’s committee on Natural Resources and Culture held a hearing to address and then rip out the root cause of both crime in our city and the inability of the police to respond timely. The council has decided not to DUCK this issue any longer, but rather to GOOSE up efforts to wipe out this scourge.
After hearing from representatives of such cultural luminaries as Roger Moore, the chubby ex-James Bond, foie gras has been determined to be the root of all evil in our city and worthy of our highest attention.
Thanks for letting us know, Larry. I know I feel safer.