Take guns from police and crime soars?
This is shocking: you take guns away from police, arrests plummet, and crime rates soar. How could that possibly happen? This occurred even though there was widespread concerns of corruption among the police.
Police in the violent border city of Tijuana have their guns back three weeks after being forced to hand them over to federal authorities on allegations on collusion with drug traffickers. . . .
The officers handed in their guns Jan. 4 after President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana to hunt down drug gangs. . . .
The Tijuana police initially stopped patrolling when their guns were taken, saying it was too dangerous, but most later returned to work. . . .
Last week, the Tijuana police department announced it had issued some officers slingshots and ball bearings to defend themselves.
Algorri said the drastic action put the city's safety at risk, and cut in half the number of arrests made in January compared to the same period last year. . . .
In several neighborhoods, residents took the law into their own hands, grabbing suspects off the street and tying them up before calling police to haul them off. . . .
The officers handed in their guns Jan. 4 after President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana to hunt down drug gangs. . . .
The Tijuana police initially stopped patrolling when their guns were taken, saying it was too dangerous, but most later returned to work. . . .
Last week, the Tijuana police department announced it had issued some officers slingshots and ball bearings to defend themselves.
Algorri said the drastic action put the city's safety at risk, and cut in half the number of arrests made in January compared to the same period last year. . . .
In several neighborhoods, residents took the law into their own hands, grabbing suspects off the street and tying them up before calling police to haul them off. . . .
Labels: Crime, GunControl
posted by John Lott at 3:39 AM
1 Comments:
My concerns regarding the issuance of sling shots are that the slingshots may be modified to have a folding handle and the capability to have a pocket knife attached, in turn creating a deadly assault sling shot. Also, some officers may load two or more ball bearings turning that slingshot into an automatic sling shot thereby creating an unnecessary danger to the public?
If the adjoining states that border Mexico were to allow their citizens equal protection from marauding drug dealing murderous Mexican police crossing the border, would my sling shot require registration and a permit to carry in my back pocket?
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