CHUCK BALDWIN REPORTS:
Half Of 2015 Murder Increases Came From Three Cities
By Chuck Baldwin
April 28, 2016
A
recent study by the Brennan Center for Justice shows
that more than half of all of the murder increases in
the United States were centered in just three cities:
Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and
Washington, D.C. That’s an incredible statistic when
you stop and think about it. Over half of U.S. murder
increases came from just three cities.
During
2015, there were 344 homicides in Baltimore, 465 in
Chicago, and 162 in D.C.
Of
course, the Brennan Center report mostly blames
“economic factors” for the increase in murders in
these cities: “These serious increases seem to
be localized, rather than part of a national pandemic,
suggesting that community conditions remain the major
factor. Notably, these three cities all seem to have
falling populations, higher poverty rates, and higher
unemployment than the national average. This implies
that economic deterioration of these cities could be a
contributor to murder increases.”
The
report confirms that “crime rates remain at
historic lows nationally, despite recent upticks in a
handful of cities.”
See
the report:
In
other words, take out the huge spike in crime in
America’s major cities, especially Baltimore, Chicago,
and D.C., and the national crime rate would barely be
a proverbial “blip” on the radar screen.
Besides
falling populations, higher poverty rates, and higher
unemployment, what else do these three cities have in
common? You know the answer: STRICT GUN CONTROL.
Baltimore
has an “assault weapons” ban, as does the entire State
of Maryland. Chicago and the District of Columbia do
too.
Writing
for Breitbart.com, AWR Hawkins notes, “Chicago has a
‘violence tax’ that raises the price of every gun sold
at retail in the city, and DC has a registration
program which is broken down into six steps and
requires more than a full page of explanation from the
Metropolitan Police Department. The steps include
multiple paragraph explanations for satisfying gun
safety requirements, certifying that you are not
legally blind, and paying a total of $94 to the DC
Treasurer, none of which will impact or hinder
criminals in the least.
“So
the gun control in all three cities continue, even
though the extra murders there were so high in 2015
that they represent more than half the overall
increase in murders in the U.S.”
Overall,
the gun-control laws in these three cities are among
the strictest in the nation. Obviously, the criminals
in those cities paid those laws no heed. DUH!
The
unreported part of this story is the fact that
nationwide (with the exception of a handful of radical
anti-gun states such as Maryland, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, etc.) more and
more states are recognizing a citizen’s right to keep
AND BEAR arms, which is the primary reason why the
national crime rate is falling like a rock.
More
Americans are armed in their everyday lives today than
at any time in modern memory. And that trend is
increasing exponentially. 2015 set an all-time record
(previous record being set in 2014, and the record
before that being set in 2013, etc.) in gun sales
nationwide. Gun ownership in America is skyrocketing.
And more importantly, the numbers of Americans BEARING
arms is skyrocketing.
On
April 15 of this year, Mississippi became the tenth
State to enact a “Constitutional-Carry” law enabling
citizens to carry a concealed handgun without having
to obtain a permit. The other nine states allowing for
“Constitutional Carry” are Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and
Wyoming.
See
the report here:
The
editors of the above report add: “Over 99% of Montana
also enjoys Constitutional Carry.” That’s because 99%
of the State of Montana is rural, in which case State
law allows for Constitutional Carry. CCW permits are
only required for incorporated cities in Montana. (The
Montana House and Senate passed a Statewide
Constitutional Carry bill during the last legislative
session, but it was vetoed by Democratic Governor
Steve Bullock. We aim to correct that problem at the
polls this November.)
Readers
might be surprised to learn that one in twenty adults
have a CCW permit in this country. And, again, there
is no question whatsoever that this fact is directly
proportional to the decrease in crime nationally.
See
the report:
The
Gun Owners of America has also documented the fact
that “Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend
themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million
times every year--or about 6,850 times a day. This
means that each year, firearms are used more than 60
times more often to protect the lives of honest
citizens than to take lives.
“Of
the 2.5 million self-defense cases, as many as 200,000
are by women defending themselves against sexual
abuse.”
See
the report here:
The
surge in both gun purchases and Concealed Carry Weapon
(CCW) applications can be largely attributed to women
arming themselves. Pistol-packers are no longer just
males. More women in America are armed today than at
any time in our nation’s history. And as a warning to
would-be attackers of women, ladies seem to be more
naturally accurate with a handgun than most men. And
if you think for a second that a mother would hesitate
to defend herself or her children with a deadly
weapon, you are dumber than a box of rocks.
Sadly,
one of the biggest pro-gun-control blocs across the
country is America’s pastors and churches. Not all,
thankfully, but far, far too many pastors and churches
across America have bought into the gun-control agenda
hook, line, and sinker. This is especially true among
the country’s megachurches, most of which are located
in major cities, of course.
Back
in 2013, when President Obama and Senator Dianne
Feinstein introduced their nationwide “assault
weapons” ban, a host of pastors were telling their
parishioners that they had no need to own an “assault
weapon” (or any other firearm, for that matter) and
that the Bible instructed them to disarm if civil law
required it. These pastors repeatedly used verses such
as “Thou shalt not kill,” “They that take the sword
shall perish with the sword,” etc., to push the
gun-control agenda to their congregations. And the
vast majority of pastors who were not vocally
supporting Obama’s gun-control agenda were absolutely
SILENT on the subject.
Thankfully,
pro-Second Amendment Republicans AND Democrats rallied
against Obama and Feinstein’s bill and it didn’t even
make it out of the then Democrat-controlled U.S.
Senate. No thanks, however, to a host of pastors and
churches.
It
was at that point that my constitutional attorney son
and I wrote what I believe is a classic treatise on
the Biblical Natural Law right and DUTY of men and
women to be willing and able to defend themselves. I
say it plainly: the right of self-defense is not just
a right (as in the Second Amendment); it is a
God-ordained DUTY. We have a God-ordained duty to
defend ourselves with or without the Second Amendment.
The Second Amendment merely recognizes the duty given
to us by our Creator.
The
title of our book is “To Keep Or Not To Keep: Why
Christians Should Not Give Up Their Guns.”
As
the title suggests, the book is written primarily to
people who call themselves Christians. It is not so
much of a constitutional analysis (which, thankfully,
has already been accomplished with countless research)
but of a Biblical analysis. Frankly, I am sick and
tired of hearing my fellow pastors use the Scriptures
(such as the ones referenced above) as justification
for gun control or even disarmament. The Bible teaches
nothing of the sort.
Therefore,
our book is a SCRIPTURAL refutation of gun control and
a theological affirmation of man’s Natural and divine
right of self-defense. In the book, we take the
combined body of scriptural evidence and categorically
prove that self-defense is a Natural right given
mankind at Creation and a moral duty given mankind by
Revealed Law.
For
any Christian who is confused about the scriptural
teaching on the subject of lawful self-defense or who
goes to a church where this issue is not addressed and
clarified or who has Christian friends who do not
understand the Scripture’s approbation of armed
self-defense, this book is MUST-READING (if I do say
so myself).
To
order our book, “To Keep Or Not To Keep: Why
Christians Should Not Give Up Their Guns,” go here:
Nationwide,
America’s crime rate is at historic lows because so
many more people (including ladies) are arming
themselves. Crime rates in America’s major cities are
still much higher than in average-sized or smaller
communities. And in virtual “gun-free” cities such as
Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., the increase
of crime (especially homicide) is at historic highs.
Again, HALF of the nation’s homicide rate increase in
2015 came from THESE THREE CITIES.
If
anything, these three cities prove the lunacy of gun
control and the wisdom of America’s Founding Fathers
to encapsulate our Creator’s Natural Law principle of
self-defense into our Bill of Rights.
P.S.
People who are relatively new to firearms often ask
for my personal preferences regarding which firearms I
like and why. I have put these preferences on a
distinct web link, which can be viewed here:
Mind
you, I am not a firearms expert, and these are merely
my personal preferences and suggestions in order to
help people get a head start in understanding the
distinctions and nuances of the wide assortment of
firearms that are available to the American people
today. If anything I suggest is helpful, great. If
not, that’s great too. There really is no “best” or
“right” choice. Like beauty, the right or best firearm
is in the eyes of the beholder. And please remember:
no matter what choice you make, you must practice.
Whatever firearm you choose is no better or worse than
your ability to handle it. I also STRONGLY suggest
that people receive training from a professional
firearms instructor.
©
Chuck Baldwin
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