Of course mass shootings that get media attention are basically a rounding error when it comes to homicides. Most of the 20,000 homicides each year in this country are a byproduct of criminal activity, with much of it centered in blue urban areas. Most homicides involving firearms are committed with pistols. Rifles are used in about 500 homicides annually. The problem of firearm violence in our society is largely an urban problem, often tied in with the drug trade in black and hispanic communities. The only major policy initiative I can think of from the Left in the past few years in regard to urban crime is to defund the police, and to set up a revolving door in our judicial system for perpetrators.
Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
I’d rather the mother had a gun to defend her child with….
Well played, Don!
Notice, both of those gun toting countries are also famous for well defended BORDERS.