Mayor Street Gets It Wrong...Again

The city of Philly has seen a spate of violence in the last few weeks that is borderline Fallujah-like:

As lawmakers continued to search for ways to quell a spate of murders that has pushed the number of homicides to 78 this year, Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson sought yesterday to rally his troops.
"We've had 44 shootings in eight days, but we are not in a panic situation," Johnson told 69 police officers at an award ceremony at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge on Spring Garden Street.
Johnson dismissed rumors that the city would be seeking help from the state police, saying that while he had great respect for the troopers, "we don't need outside forces to patrol our streets."

Um...Commish, you do need outside forces, perhaps the Iraqi's currently being trained can be of some assistance. But how does Mayor Street deal with this pressing issue? By cracking down on law-abiding citizens:

His comments came a day after Mayor Street announced that he had sent a letter to Gov. Rendell, seeking to enlist the governor's help in giving Philadelphia the ability to pass laws to limit the sale of guns. The mayor also told reporters that he was considering instituting a moratorium on gun permits.
Deborah Bolling, the mayor's spokeswoman, said no meeting with the governor had been set.
As of yesterday, the number of homicides had again climbed. There have been 78 homicides this year, compared with 67 this time last year. Sixty-three of this year's slayings were committed with handguns, according to police.

Mr. Mayor, I am not privy to the statistics, however I'd bet $1,000 of my hard-earned dollars against $1,000 of your ill-gotten gains that not one of those crimes was committed with a legally owned weapon used by it's registered owner.