"In 2017, Boston is on track to have a murder rate of 8.7 per
100,000 people, compared to the
estimated rates of 3.3 per 100,000 in New York City and 6.8 per
100,000 in Los Angeles, according to
the Brennan Center."
Wonder how this is going to work. "Starting in January,
authorities will have a judicial system
devoted exclusively to processing gun offenses in the Suffolk
Superior Court after being operated
for more than a decade in the Boston Municipal Court."
A lot of law officers are down on systems which allow gun
offenders to get '30 days probation'.
Big cities in Massachusetts are not immune to the rise in gun related
fatalities. Gangs exist here as they do elsewhere in the nation.
But the statistics do point out the ineffectiveness of more stringent gun laws.
I don't read it that way.
He states that although violent crime is down 7 percent the rising
number of deaths in young people is alarming.
"We're seeing kids younger and younger with handguns," Commissioner
Evans said. "They're shooting at each other, that's why we have to work
harder to keep those kids out of that lifestyle."
He also states that half of the incidents are gang related shootings.
Not too many gang members legally purchase firearms, I don't think.
I was referring to Boston's murder rate, higher than New York or Los
Angeles, even with the very
strict gun laws in the state. It's not the 'legally purchased'
firearms that are causing that, I
don't think. Folks who follow all the gun laws don't do the shooting.
Wonder how many of the other
than gang shootings were done by owners of legally acquired firearms.
These people are in the business of selling illegal drugs that they
have no problem finding. Why would it be hard to find illegal guns?
In fact I bet a lot of street level drug deals are trading drugs for
stolen guns.
We're not talking about 'illegal' guns. We're talking about gun control
laws. Those apply to the law
abiding, not the drug and illegal gun dealers.
Yeah, why look at the majority of the murders when you can pass more
laws that *might* have an effect on less than 2% of them?
Most of these guns were purchased legally by adults.
Of course that has consequences too. Back in the 60s and 70s it was
all about "Saturday Night Specials". Small caliber, cheap, imported
handguns were banned. Now the thugs are carrying 9mm and .45 Sigs,
Glocks and S&Ws. Was that an improvement? At least when they had a no
name .32 auto, there was a good chance it would jam and you could run
away. Even if they hit you it was a .22, .25 or .32 usually with FMJ
bullets. That is far more survivable than being hit by a high
performance 9mm or .45.
What little I've read on that subject seems to indicate the more
ferocious round is the .357 Magnum. I don't really want to find out,
though.
Lots more power than a 9mm. Problem with the .357 is it goes though the
target and hits someone though a house wall or a mile later hits some
innocent bystanders.
Well, then, if you have to shoot a thug with your .357 MAG, you should
make sure he is standing in front of a good backstop.
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