Roland Burris on gun control

In any given issue, it's likely that people on both sides of the issue can agree on one principle: we can't stand hypocrites. I support the right of law-abiding citizens to pack heat in their homes and on the street. Roland Burris thinks only cops and Roland Burris should be able to bear arms. To wit, from Eric Zorn's blog post in today's Chicago Tribune:

Burris in 1993 as he organized Chicago's first Gun Turn-In Day:

"The main goal, of course, is to get the guns out of the hands of the citizens."

Burris in 1994, admitting that even though he urged people to turn in guns, he kept his own. He later gave it up. The controversy occurred during his bid for governor, which he lost:

"It's a little, small thing. I just have it here for safety. If I ban them, I'm going to be the first one to burn mine."


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[Me again.] What a disgusting excuse for a politician. The main goal, Burris said, is to get the guns out of the hands of the citizens, except for me, because I have it here for safety. Well, that's the whole point, Mr. Political Creep. We want to pack heat for safety, too. What is the difference between safety for you and safety for me? You're a politician and I'm not, apparently.

I hope no one else saw U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D.-Ill.) and Roland Tombstone "I am the junior senator from Illinois" Burris on Face the Nation this morning. Once Burris is seated, we will have two sleazy, pathetic excuses of senators we will spend the next two to six years apologizing for.

Will Sen. Slimeball continue to push for presidential pardon for Gov. George Ryan?

I wonder if U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D.-Ill.) is still banging the drum for a pardon for the former governor. With the federal prosecution or plea bargain and eventual incarceration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich increasingly likely, I certainly hope the door has been slammed shut on any chance of the president granting former Gov. George Ryan (R.-Club Fed) a pardon or commuted sentence. That would set a dangerous precedent and would seem to imply that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D.-Mell) could expect a pardon himself. The people of Illinois are furious at Durbin for going out of his way to write a letter to the president on Ryan’s behalf. Blagojevich offered his support as well, not that it means much.
Incidentally, we re-elected Durbin for a third term by a 3-1 margin. (I voted for his opponent.) Funny how he didn’t mention this extremely unpopular move during the campaign.