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And here we have a look at gun control and why various police departments don't see it as a solution to gun crime...
On the other hand, Oklahoma City has bucked the nationwide trend, with homicides down 20% through the end of September. According to the “more guns, more crime” hypothesis, that shouldn’t have happened, because not only has Oklahoma (like every other state in the Union) seen a huge number of guns sold this year, the state’s Constitutional Carry law was in effect for the entire calendar year.
While Tulsa, Oklahoma did see an increase in homicides, Oklahoma City’s had one of the safest years in recent memory. The gun laws are virtually identical in both cities, but the homicide rates are very different, which should be a clue about the effectiveness of gun control laws in terms of reducing violent crime.
Former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos, who’s now a criminal justice professor at John Jay College, has put together an online symposium of sorts called the Violence Reduction Project, which features over a dozen academics, researchers, and law enforcement officials giving their answers to the question of how to ensure that 2021 isn’t as violent as 2020 has been. While reading through what these experts had to say, I was pleasantly surprised that traditional gun control policies like bans on “assault weapons” or “large capacity” magazines weren’t really on the radar of anyone who responded. In fact, even a piece by University of Nebraska-Omaha professor Justin Nix entitled “Fewer Guns, Fewer Shootings” ended up not being a call for large-scale efforts to reduce legal gun ownership.
bearingarms.com
One policy they looked at....
"Consent and Search," a policy used in St. Louis....where parents who own the homes give consent to police to search their home for guns.......guns their children may have hidden in the home for their gangs.......the police get to search, but do not make arrests...they simply confiscate the guns.
On the other hand, Oklahoma City has bucked the nationwide trend, with homicides down 20% through the end of September. According to the “more guns, more crime” hypothesis, that shouldn’t have happened, because not only has Oklahoma (like every other state in the Union) seen a huge number of guns sold this year, the state’s Constitutional Carry law was in effect for the entire calendar year.
While Tulsa, Oklahoma did see an increase in homicides, Oklahoma City’s had one of the safest years in recent memory. The gun laws are virtually identical in both cities, but the homicide rates are very different, which should be a clue about the effectiveness of gun control laws in terms of reducing violent crime.
Former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos, who’s now a criminal justice professor at John Jay College, has put together an online symposium of sorts called the Violence Reduction Project, which features over a dozen academics, researchers, and law enforcement officials giving their answers to the question of how to ensure that 2021 isn’t as violent as 2020 has been. While reading through what these experts had to say, I was pleasantly surprised that traditional gun control policies like bans on “assault weapons” or “large capacity” magazines weren’t really on the radar of anyone who responded. In fact, even a piece by University of Nebraska-Omaha professor Justin Nix entitled “Fewer Guns, Fewer Shootings” ended up not being a call for large-scale efforts to reduce legal gun ownership.
Why Gun Control Isn't The Answer To The Rise In Crime
You can't stop crime by focusing on legal gun owners.
bearingarms.com
One policy they looked at....
"Consent and Search," a policy used in St. Louis....where parents who own the homes give consent to police to search their home for guns.......guns their children may have hidden in the home for their gangs.......the police get to search, but do not make arrests...they simply confiscate the guns.
