Despite being in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, Baltimore, Maryland is rolling up another staggering body count for a city its size, suggesting that gun control is a dismal failure. According to the Associated Press, “Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record…” […]
Was Seattle’s Fatal Shoplift Another Gun Control Failure?
Thursday’s dramatic shoplift-turned-fatal-shooting that sent two Seattle police officers to the hospital and one perpetrator to the Medical Examiner’s office is getting national attention for several reasons, including the fact that this whole episode apparently started over the theft of beer. To some observers, that hardly seems worth pulling a gun on police and ending […]
Gun Control Derailed: Chicago Thefts Underscore Faulty Logic
The faulty logic that more gun laws will keep firearms out of the wrong hands hit a brick wall Friday with a report from NBC News in Chicago about how street gangs have stolen gun shipments out of railroad cars in Chicago’s South Side, including more than 100 Ruger handguns headed for Spokane, Washington. Out […]