BELLEVUE, WA – The armed robbery of a Democrat delegate in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention offers a lesson on the failure of gun control to a party that preaches it, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in response.
Published reports say the 25-year-old delegate from Texas was robbed at gunpoint by a two-man stickup crew. They took the man’s wallet and room keys, and then crossed the street to rob someone else. They were described as two black males dressed in black. The robbery occurred at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.
“This is an object lesson for the Democrats,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Their efforts to disarm law-abiding citizens while promoting a soft-on-crime agenda have been a massive failure, and this incident proves it. They want to make it difficult for honest citizens to own and carry guns, while they have been unwilling and unable to keep guns out of criminal hands, especially in crime centers such as Chicago, which—no surprise here—has been run by Democrats for decades.
“Worse still,” he continued, “it was reported that the U.S. Secret Service had even warned delegates to remove their badges as they left the United Center Wednesday because of multiple robbery attempts since the convention began Monday. Maybe if Illinois Democrats had adopted legislation recognizing all non-resident carry permits, allowing visitors to Chicago and other Illinois cities to carry guns, this sort of brazen crime wouldn’t be happening.
“Likewise,” Gottlieb added, “Democrat policies have allowed repeat offenders to escape jail time and continue robbing people. We’re glad nobody was hurt, but this should send a signal to Democrats about their misguided gun control and soft-on-crime efforts. The experiment has failed and it is time to try something different. But, since we’re talking about the party of gun prohibition, Democrats appear to be stuck on stupid, which is why bad guys roam the streets and good guys literally pay the price.”
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.