Two robbers caught, jailed

Remember the video from just last week (April 9) of the two thugs who robbed the owner of a store at 2242 N. Western Ave. in Chicago? And how that owner fought them off with a bat, even after being shot?

In Chicago that store owner cannot protect himself with a handgun. You can thank the pols in Chicago for that dumb law.

Elsewhere in the state a business owner can arm himself with a handgun and have some chance to defend himself, his employees and his customers. But not in Chicago.

Luis Quizhpe, owner of Quizhpe's Gifts and Sports, is at home recuperating, according to the Chicago Tribune. I'll bet there are people who would be willing to go there and volunteer to operate his shop for him. As in, volunteer. I would.

But not without the means to protect myself with something more potent than a bat. Keith Owens may have fired up to ten rounds in the store, hitting Quizhpe twice (allegedly, I guess I'd better add). Owens even plugged his partner-in-crime, resulting in a trip to a hospital.

Mr. Quizhpe is lucky - very, very lucky.

When will the People of Chicago wake up? They continue to elect and re-elect politicians who render them defenseless against the criminal element.