NYC – Gun Crime – Gun Cases are Notoriously Hard to Make Stick. New York Thinks It Has the Answer.
THE TRACE.COM July 24, 2017 – Two New York police officers were sitting in a patrol car one night last August when they saw Avree Lamar, a 19-year-old with an open arrest warrant, climb into a cab near a housing project in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The officers followed the cab, pulled it over, and arrested Lamar. In the back of Lamar’s waistband, they found a loaded 9mm pistol, court…
Nat’l – Gun Crime – Dead ends: When road rage triggers violence in the stranger beside you
FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM.COM July 21, 2017 – As an ordinary late January afternoon ushered shoppers in and out of the Kroger parking lot in Bedford, strangers Sam Smith and Bryan Valadez, bound together by the randomness of side-by-side parking spots, pierced the daily routine with a horrifying confrontation. Smith, a 28-year-old husband and father of a young daughter — with a second child born just weeks following his funeral…
Nat’l – Gun Crime – Dark net arms trade: Guns shipped in old printers, study says
FOX NEWS July 21, 2017 – A new study reveals how criminals and terrorists are harnessing the dark net to purchase weapons. Conducted by the Rand Corporation Europe and Manchester University, the study found that 52 different vendors are selling weapons, ammunition, explosives or weapons components on the dark web. The illicit sales were broken down and shipped in different packages, often hidden in old stereos or printers, the study…
Nat’l – Gun Crime – When Plea Agreements and Guns Don’t Mix
AMERICAN CONCEALED.COM July 21, 2017 – In late June some 100 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, residents gathered to discuss Milwaukee’s crime problem with the city’s police chief Ed Flynn. Flynn is speaking out about what he perceives is the effect the city’s five-year-old concealed carry law has had on violent crime. Flynn stated an overwhelming majority of arrested felons in the city eventually take plea deals that become misdemeanors—and only convicted…
CA – Gun Crime – How cities could pay men with a history of gun violence $9,000 to clean up their lives
MARKET WATCH.COM July 16, 2017 – As Stockton, Calif., hit the unwelcome milestone of a 23rd shooting death this year, the city’s young mayor announced he’s considering an unusual solution to the violence — paying known violent gun users up to $9,000 to clean up their lives. If they get arrested, they have to leave the program. Mayor Michael Hubbs, 26, wants Stockton to consider signing a contract with Advance…
MD – Gun Crime – Gun Control Fail: Baltimore’s Murder Rate ‘More Than Doubles Chicago’s’
BREITBART.COM July 12, 2017 – Despite an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and special fingerprinting and reporting requirements on handgun sales, Baltimore’s murder rate is “more than double Chicago’s.” As a result, Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) is pressing for more gun control. But the real level on violence in Baltimore is that the city’s murder rate “more than doubles Chicago’s.”
