The Good ´Ol NRA

From a NY Times article about gun violence.

Chief Flynn recounted pleading with a state senator to include a provision in Wisconsin’s concealed weapons law that would ban habitual criminal offenders from obtaining permits. The senator, he said, told him, “Here’s the phone number of the National Rifle Association lobbyist in Washington, D.C. If it’s O.K. with him, it will be O.K. with us.” The provision was not included, Chief Flynn said.

 It´s ironic how politicians always defer to the generals when it comes to military matters, but the nation´s police chiefs get no such respect and their requests regarding gun control are always ignored.