According to anti-gun groups in Connecticut, we could end violence with more gun control. How do they want to get more gun control? Give felons behind bars the right to vote to control the rest of us.
The National Rifle Association and rogue gun stores are two of the culprits causing gun violence to increase, the executive director for Connecticut Against Gun Violence said Saturday, adding that residents must speak up to — or vote out — officials to demand change and save lives. …
James Hanton lamented he can’t yet vote and spur change because he’s still on parole. Tucker and others at the meeting encouraged Hanton and those on parole to continue fighting gun violence and speak with friends and family who can vote about town officials’ actions.
“Stay with the movement and keep fighting,†Tucker said.
Keep fighting for what exactly? From another report of the same gun control group meeting:
“This is what we do,†Sheldon Tucker jumped in. … “Part of what we’re doing right here. A lot of the work that we did is the reason people on parole can vote. It wasn’t like that years ago, so we got together and we fought and we fought and we fought,†he said, punching one fist into the other open hand for emphasis. “Until you can vote, still become a part of that movement. And then maybe, people on parole can vote; people in jail can vote,†he concluded to many murmurs of agreement.
When I read these articles, and I look up the records that show James Hanton convicted of burglary and larceny on multiple occasions that caused a couple of juries of his peers to demand he be locked up for 3 1/2 years, I really wonder how the leaders of groups like Connecticut Against Gun Violence can say with any sort of straight face that the NRA is to blame for crime in this country. For what it’s worth, Hanton is out on the streets after less than two years in jail. You’d think he’d see good in the fact that he’s out of prison rather than whining that he can’t vote yet.
