09 December 2008

We aren't alone

Nice to see a voice of reason regarding fighting gun control bans as far away as the Philippines.

“The ParaƱaque shootout should prod the government to adopt a strict gun policy. Nobody but law enforcers should be allowed to carry loaded firearms,” Pimentel said.

Evidently, the senator needs to be informed that it was the police who carried “loaded firearms” during the Friday incident. The civilian fatalities, for whose sake Pimentel said he was raising the call for “strict gun control,” had in fact been unarmed.

From Dan Mariano in the Manila Times Read more here.

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