The Portland, Oregonian is reporting that the city has recorded 20 homicides so far this year, while demonstrators tried to set fire to the Federal Courthouse Thursday night. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, the newspaper said, will “seek $2 million in one-time funding to allow more proactive policing on city streets with greater civilian oversight to […]
Chicago Sun Times Editorial on Gun Control Misses Target
An editorial in the Chicago Sun Times demanding “stronger federal laws to reduce gun violence” complains about guns crossing state lines and showing up at Windy City crime scenes completely ignores the most important part of the city’s homicide equation. All of those murders are being committed by people who live in the city, regardless […]
Remembering 2020: ‘A Level of Violence…That Reversed Recent Progress’
As 2020 bows out the Chicago Tribune, looking at a body count exceeding 765 murder victims, reported the Windy City had “endured a level of violence in 2020 that reversed recent progress, with homicides increasing by more than 50%, according to official statistics.” Chicago is not alone in its level of mayhem. Newsday quoted New […]
Seattle a ‘Textbook Example of Failed Policies,’ Says Gun Rights Group
The City of Seattle is a “textbook example of horribly failed policies,” according to a national grassroots gun rights organization headquartered coincidentally in nearby Bellevue that looked at the skyrocketing number of murders in several major cities Wednesday. Fox News reported this week that the “Jet City,” which is also known as “The Emerald City” […]
More Murders in Chicago than in Most States Last Year
Chicago has hit a milestone, racking up more homicides so far in 2020 than all but two states did during the entire 12 months of 2019, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for last year. Only California (1,679) and Texas (1,379) reported more murders in all of 2019 than Chicago has logged over the […]
Reuters: Dems Push Gun Control as 2020 Campaign Issue
UPDATED: 1/30 – It’s official now: Democrats are using gun control as a campaign issue this year, because Reuters says so, leading its story noting, “With more than 15,000 people killed by gun violence in the United States last year – not counting suicides – Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination are pointing to […]
