Mope-Rah Makes Sense?

We still won't link to her because we hold grudges, but Mary Mitchell appears to be coming down on the side of the NRA on this issue all of the sudden:

• When Mayor Daley starts blaming "texting" and "drinking" by suburban high school students for a string of North Avenue beach arrests, it is time for the citizens to seriously get on his butt.

• While preventing the city's downtown from becoming a ghost town like the downtown areas in so many other cities, Daley is faced with another daunting challenge: How to keep huge chunks of Chicago neighborhoods from becoming crime-ridden ghettos.

  But Daley's stubborn defense of his handgun ban is clouding his judgment.

• There aren't enough police officers to protect and serve; enough good parents to raise the children; enough jobs; enough recreational activities or enough grandparents to take up the slack.

  Today, there is a noticeable lack of the things that keep communities safe

Yeah, no shit Mary. If you had been listening to us and our readers three years ago, you'd have been ahead of the curve instead of playing catch-up today. We and others pointed out the poorly thought out stance the "reverends," community activists and media were taking years ago painting the police as the enemy and ignoring the elephant in the living room on the south and west sides. Now it's bedlam and everyone is realizing it isn't going to get better without some real solutions starting with cops and armed citizens. Cameras, prayer vigils and more misspent money isn't going to do it.

Welcome to the party - finally.