Posted on 08/22/2015 5:51:21 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
BALTIMORE —Amid an unrelenting streak of violence, Baltimore's mayor said current gun laws miss the mark.
The number of homicides in Baltimore reached 211 on Wednesday, matching the number for all of last year. The 211th homicide was recorded when police found the body of a man who was shot in a vacant house in the Penn-North neighborhood of west Baltimore, the same area hit by riots in April.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's political career may depend on getting the violence under control. She gave credit Wednesday to city police officers because arrests are back up to a normal pace. She suggested that it doesn't matter that Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws on the books while other states don't.
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Scheherezade at watching the mayor’s dream of becoming a US senator slowly slip away.
Yes if only guns were outlawed, the outlaws would have no guns! Lol. What a stupid fool!
I’m always amazed to hear about these smart guns that get up on their own and go out the door then actually shoot someone.
I have left my guns alone for years at a time and not once has any of them moved on their own.
Is it possible the problem there and elsewhere is not a mechanical piece of machinery but rather the actions of bad people with intent to do harm?
Just sayin’ unless they have a whole ‘nother kind of gun out there.
Not sure but I read where Baltimore city has more murders YTD than NYC.
Baltimore pop. ~600,000.
NYC pop. ~1.74 million.
Scheherezade, or schadenfreude?
Not wearing glasses and damn spell check!
New York City population is 8.4 million...
Beat me by THIS much!!!!LOL
next thing you know the stooopid cow will be blaming it's for for having a fat azz...
Mayor Empty Skirt
Something like 78% of Maryland’s homicides happen in Baltimore (despite Maryland’s very strict gun control laws). What is it about Baltimore? Is it all the blacks? all the drugs? all the gangs? all the unemoyment? all the democrats? all of the above?
The only thing driving crime in Baltimore is the available number of criminals, not guns.
The population of NYC hasn’t been 1.7 million since or around 1895.
Your guess is as good as mine.
Whoa...I screwed that one up big time.
Thanks for the correction.
Makes the murder stats even worse in comparison.
This mayor needs mouth control.
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