How guns make good criminals bad :: Classical Values

Today's Philadelphia Inquirer has a front page story about a Chinese store owner who was murdered by neighborhood kids.

While this was an otherwise well-researched story, for some reason the Inquirer left Commissioner Sylvester Johnson out, despite the fact that he appears to have been directly in charge the whole time at the crime scene. I say "well researched" because the Inquirer wouldn't let the perfectly competent Joseph Gambardello write the story alone. Instead, they have added two co-authors, including the Inquirer's visiting Chinese intern Lou Yi whose reportorial expertise seems to be invoked when reports touch on Asian cultural issues.

I'll return to the Inquirer, but I noticed that a Fox News story does quote Philadelphia's Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson, who once again seems to think the issue involves guns:

"It's another example of guns and the person who doesn't want to go out there and work for his money, thinks the way to get it is to rob somebody," said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson.

The owner was shot in the chest. His wife and daughter were there when it happened and were able to identify the gunman.

"This male had robbed them previously about a year ago," said Commissioner Johnson.

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