Pro-Crime Politicians

Fact: A 1996 study out of the University of Chicago Law School analyzed crime data from every U.S. county over a 15 year period and found that violent crime fell after states made it legal to carry concealed weapons. States passing concealed-carry laws have reduced their murder rates by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robberies by 3%.

Fact: A 1997 Justice Department study found that as many as 1.5 million people use a gun in self-defense every year. Other studies have found as many as 2.5 million self-defense uses, with savings to society of up to $38.9 billion annually.

Since the facts show that easing restrictions on carrying concealed weapons reduces crime and saves lives, those who oppose such laws apparently wish to promote crime. On this basis, I have therefore compiled a list of politicians who in my opinion at great cost to society, use their political power to help support criminal activity.

Actually, it’s not too surprising that our politicians have no real interest in reducing crime – after all, a lot of them are criminals themselves. An investigation by Capitol Hill Blue, an online publication that covers federal politics, reveals an astonishingly large number of wife-beaters, drunks, shoplifters, check-bouncers, business failures, and drug abusers in the U.S. House and Senate. A remarkable number of them seem to have spent as much time in a jail cell as on Capitol Hill. In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity. Note however that Article. I. Section. 6. of the Constitution says: ‘‘The Senators and Representatives ... shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses,...’’   I have no idea how they came to be able to claim immunity any time they wish.

You can find the complete report on Congressional Criminals at:   http://chblue.com/criminalclass082199.htm

29   members of Congress have been accused of spousal abuse. 7     have been arrested for fraud. 19   have been accused of writing bad checks. 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses. 3     have been arrested for assault. 71   have credit reports so bad they can’t qualify for a credit card. 14   have been arrested on drug-related charges. 8     have been arrested for shoplifting. 21   are current defendants in lawsuits. 84   were stopped for drunk driving.

America is a nation without a distinct criminal class, with the possible exception of Congress.   — Mark Twain

Also, according to the IRS, the nonpayment rate as of October 1999 for House members and staff was 8.4 percent. In the Senate, 7.5% of members and staff have not paid their taxes.