Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy trying desperately to deflect blame from his piss poor job performance.

Via HuffPo:

After a violent holiday weekend during which 11 people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in shootings — two of the deaths and five of the woundings at the hands of police officers — Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday that the city’s gun sentencing laws aren’t strict enough to help police stem city violence.

“It all comes down to these guns: there’s too many guns coming in and too little punishment going out,” McCarthy said in a Monday press conference.

In a news release, McCarthy noted police have seized over 3,300 illegal firearms so far this year, but said many gun offenders quickly return to the street because sentences for those caught carrying illegally are too lax.

“Our efforts will continue unabated until all Chicagoans gain the same sense of security, but better laws are needed to reduce the proliferation of illegal guns in our communities,” Chicago’s top cop continued.

While some have suggested that the city’s police have been overextended due to understaffing and working overtime in high-crime areas, McCarthy maintained that illegal firearms remained the root of the problem. Sunday alone, the city recorded 21 shooting incidents, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

“Yesterday is the day that really blew it up for us,” McCarthy said Monday, according to the Sun-Times.