INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Like many medium to big American cities, Washington, D.C., i.e
the State of Confusion, is governed by Democrats who have actually stopped working every city they govern in terms of criminal activity
and heinous crimes.For example, Chicago, Americas Second City , has Lori Lightfoot as mayor
Throughout the arson attacks and insurrections in 2020, she withdrew the cops from the most violence-plagued locations of the town
She then surrounded herself with them-- for protection
The burden of Chicagos weapon carnage is still felt most in Chicagos Black and Hispanic communities on the South and West sides
(City-wide deaths in 2020 amounted to almost 800 people.)According to the Washington Post of January 25, 2023, there are an approximated 400
million firearms in the United States -- more than the nations overall population
So the concern is not the threat of individual weapons, rather the problem is of political leaders failing to impose existing laws.Look at
Washington, D.C.While D.C
has constantly had limiting guns laws, it went off the deep end about 1976, soon after Home Rule was approved by Congress in 1973
(The citys government had formerly consisted of three Commissioners appointed by the President along with having Congressional oversight and
control of numerous aspects of the citys management.) In 1976, the new mayor-city council kind of administration banned people from having
This abuse of the Bill of Rights eventually wound up in federal court-- numerous times
Ultimately, the United States Supreme Court ruled versus D.C.Only Criminals Have Rights
However, Democrats being Democrats, the city immediately enforced various restrictions on its residents looking for to exercise their
· Licenses were still needed for pistols and long arms · The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is the licensing/registering authority
· Some firearms are prohibited, generally ugly ones, albeit in typical qualities, such semi-automatic attack weapons · Magazines are
restricted to 10 rounds capacity · Background checks by a Federal Firearms Licensee are needed for private transfers of weapons · A 10-day
waiting duration is required in between the purchase and ownership of a gun · Registrants should have a psychological and criminal
background check · Its illegal to possess ammunition unless the gun utilizing it is registered with the authorities · Blind people may not
use to own a weapon (!!!)At one point, there was talk that the police were required to test fire each weapon and maintain the spent
In case it were used in a crime, the owner could be quickly traced
The validity of this procedure seems to have actually vanished
Discussions with the representative for the MPD, Maketha Watson, and the National Rifle Association did not clarify the matter
Watson did keep in mind in an e-mail that the city kept no records on legal or prohibited guns being utilized in criminal activity!Whats
truly amazing about this story is that the Washington Post practically daily has articles quickly explaining shootings and/or killings with
Nevertheless, each of these small pieces leaves out the most significant point: was the weapon utilized legal or illegal?(The Post, like the
majority of United States mainstream media, strongly opposes the belongings of weapons by anybody other than the police and the militaries
Weve all seen how that works-- authorities all over are damned for their extreme usage of force and United States soldiers are or have just
recently been engaged in wars in Europe, North Africa, in addition to South and Southwest Asia-- besides Korea, Panama, and
Vietnam.)However, the most amazing part of the story about the City versus the Citizen seems to have appeared and after that
disappeared.Lookit, This! The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (a Berkeley, California non-profit) released a study in
December 2021 noting, inter alia, that just a couple of, readily-identifiable individuals was accountable for violent criminal offense in
Washington, D.C., And that the courts and police understood who they were!The report noted: · The victims and suspects of homicides and
nonfatal shootings in the District of Columbia are primarily male in between the ages of 18-34
Nearly 92 percent of victims and suspects in murders and 88 percent of victims and suspects in nonfatal shootings were male
· Approximately 86 percent of homicide victims and suspects were understood to the criminal justice system prior to the incident
Among all victims and suspects, about 46 percent had actually been formerly incarcerated ..
· At least 23.3 percent of all murder victims and suspects were under active supervision (i.e., CSOSA, PSA, or DYRS-- acronym explanation
A minimum of 64 percent of all victims and suspects had actually been under ..
prior or active supervision and a minimum of 76% of homicide suspects had active or previous guidance
[CSOSA: Court Services - & Offender Supervision Agency-- a federal agency with the definitely local objective of supervising grownups on
probation, parole, and supervised release
PSA: Pre-Trial Services Agency-- the federal company accountable for collecting info about newly arrested defendants and preparing the
suggestions thought about by the Court in choosing release choices
DYRS: Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.] · Overall, many victims and suspects with prior criminal offenses had actually been
jailed about 11 times for about 13 various offenses by the time of the homicide
This count only refers to adult arrests and juvenile arrests were not included.Cause
In the analysis, there were no mysteries regarding the cause of the violence
It tended to result from individual disagreements, group disputes, illegal drugs, break-in, and retaliation
Most violence happened east of Rock Creek Park (a wooded area in the center of town), particularly Anacostia (a location southeast of the
Oddly enough, the paper notes All of this is made possible and intensified by the large accessibility of firearms and the culture of
resolving conflicts through violence
The latter point is clear
Nevertheless, given D.C.s overly rigorous control of weapons, claiming that the large availability of firearms being one of the causes of
violence is as much shocking as it is stupid.Strangely, the Institute didnt recommend more gun control as an option to the problem
Instead, it said, The District should establish a clear citywide method that focuses intentional, structured and extensive intervention
efforts on those people identified as being at extremely high threat of being associated with weapon violence
So what do we do? Eliminate Muriel Bowsers federal government, replacing it with the old three Commissioners kind of guideline? Or, merely
abolish the citys hazardous, unconstitutional, and totally unworkable system of weapon control ? The latter point appears to be the most
reasonable and efficient method of handling the matter.
