Shooting at Chicago funeral

Just over the week-end I read an October article on Chicago's ABC TV-7 news about Pastor Corey Brooks of the New Beginnings Church, down in the war zone of Chicago. Brooks had walked more than 3,000 miles from New York to L.A. to raise money for a community center. He raised $500,000 toward a $15,000,000 goal.

In today's Chicago news two gang members were shot while attending a funeral at St. Columbanus Church in the 300 block of East 71th Street. Rev. Brooks had just conducted the funeral service, when shots were heard.

Well, Mr. Mayor? Supt. McCarthy? You're not keeping Chicago very safe, are you?

What if all the law-abiding citizens in Chicago were armed? If a dozen armed men and women, knowing the law and how to shoot straight, had stepped out of the church first, would the shooter (or shooters) have fired? If they had, maybe they would have been lying dead in 71st Street when the cops arrived.

But, thanks to Rahm Emanuel and Garry McCarthy and a bunch of Cook County Democratic state representatives, Illinois does not have a concealed carry law. The blame for the continuing carnage should be directed right at them.