The Mayor of Portland, Oregon is knee jerking a response to the recent up swing in gang violence.  So we are all clear on where I’m coming from, we are talking about a bunch of gang bangers, who have already demonstrated their lack of following the law.  The knee jerk is: new gun laws!  Because we all know, the people who are currently shooting and killing people, with illegally obtained guns I might add, would more than respect the new gun laws.  How stupid to politicians think we are?  There are hundreds if not thousands of gun related laws on the books already.  Enforce them and I bet you’ll find a lot of our problems go away. 

  I say we put video cameras all over the Memorial Coliseum.  Invite all the gang bangers in, give them an area to defend and their choice of firearms.  Kind of like paint ball, but with bullets.  We could cover the costs of clean up by having it on pay per view.  When it’s all over we pump in some gas to ensure none of them come out alive, (we keep that part secret though).  Portland could rent out the space to other cities having the same problem, it’s a money maker.

  Get a grip Sam, new laws are not going to fix your problem.  It will get more people arrested for gun violations.  But what will happen to them.  The city, county or state can’t afford to keep them in jail, so it will release them.  God forbid we check to see if they are in the country legally, that would be wrong.  So they would be released to pick up where they left off, but now they’ll have some street credit for spending time in the big house.  Again, a bunch of crap from our elected officials!