“Democrat mayor arrested for DUI seen on bodycam demanding officers call police chief,” Fox News reported Saturday. “Lumberton, New Jersey Mayor Gina LaPlaca was seen on police bodycam video failing field sobriety test.”
Call the chief? Ah, the old “Do you know who I am?” elitism bluff. It’s not the first time we’ve seen a New Jersey politician try to pull it to escape consequences for their own infractions. Case in point: four-term Paulsboro, New Jersey Borough Councilman, Democrat Theodore D. Holloway II, who went on a “profane tirade” after being pulled over for running a stop sign:
“You actually pulled over an elected official. You’re not pulling over a random. You’re pulling over your boss. I am literally your boss. Don’t think I ain’t going to talk to [Police Chief] Gary [Kille] about this. I’m the one that hired you!”
It’s curious how the party of “equity” assumes privileges and immunities the… what did Holloway call them? – “Randoms” don’t qualify for. Like police — who are the “Only Ones” authorized to own and carry arms where you may not — those who consider themselves politically entitled exemplify nothing so much as the slogan from George Orwell’s dystopian allegory, Animal Farm:
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
That goes to the heart of another Democrat paradox: They’re against the Second Amendment, the most egalitarian power-sharing arrangement ever conceived. And that’s the case with impaired elitist Mayor LaPlaca.
“Brady Endorses Gun Safety Champions for New Jersey General Assembly,” a press release from the gun grab group announced. “These Brady-endorsed gun violence prevention champions will create an even stronger majority in the General Assembly, ensuring a safer future for New Jerseyans.”
Among Brady’s “champions”: Gina LaPlaca.
Their “champion” was reported (and captured by a witness video) driving erratically. Her car “had been scratched, and the passenger side-view mirror nearly destroyed. When an officer asked what she hit, LaPlaca said she did not know.” She had her young son in a car seat in the back. To sum things up:
She was charged with endangering/abuse/neglect of a child, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving likely to endanger, driving with an expired license and having an open container of alcohol in her vehicle.
Unsurprisingly, LaPlaca’s husband is reportedly on Facebook doing damage control amidst calls for her resignation:
“I ask that everyone keep her in their thoughts as she moves forward on her road to recovery. Please ignore the exaggerated political hyperbole and keep in mind her passion for helping others. This should not erase all the things she has accomplished for our community.”
He doesn’t want to see her career destroyed. What about the lives of American citizens that have been destroyed by those enforcing the disarmament edicts she has enabled and endorsed?
It’s not hyperbole to conclude driving blotto and hitting things she doesn’t remember endangered the life of not only her child, but of everyone in her path. It’s not hyperbole to conclude this drunk’s “passion” includes denying her countrymen’s God-given rights enshrined in a document she swore an oath to uphold.
Decent, sober people who defend against such infringements can hope LaPlaca gets the help that she needs, but ultimately, it’s up to her. Just realize that beating an alcohol dependency does not address a more destructive addiction to power and the lives ruined by that.
Why is it that we see time and again those who demand control over the rest of us can’t — or won’t — control themselves?
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
