Posted on 05/09/2017 6:15:06 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Trevor Brooks, a convicted murderer who attended a Silicon Valley entrepreneurship program after getting out of prison, has an idea he thinks could reduce the rate of gun violence in Baltimore: Let people use an app to turn in guns and make bail.
Given the choice between giving up a gun or sitting in Central Booking, "they're going to turn the guns in as fast as they can," Brooks said.
On Monday, the City Council took up a resolution that would lend its support to the idea. The council will consider the measure as the city scrambles to contain a surge in gun violence that has killed 118 people this year and wounded 200 more, and has city officials leaning on the federal government for help.
Councilman Brandon Scott, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, introduced the measure. He said Brooks' company, GunBail, could offer a new option.
"We have to be thinking as creatively as possible to get guns off the streets," Scott said. "I'm just hopeful we'll be able to be on the cutting edge of something."
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Could there be a big downside?
Where a warrant might turn up the gun, with this now the illegal/stolen/etc gun cannot be used as evidence?
Yeah. That'll work well.
Not a good idea. Bail is supposed to be a huge incentive to show up in court and not skip out. Criminals would just give up the gun, skip out and go steal another gun to use.
They can get new guns easy and skip bail, but having a big stack of money down in bail keeps some skin in the game. I think you need to keep the money element there.
This assumes fewer guns, fewer crimes. But crime is driven by the available number of criminals, not the number of guns.
The important thing about the money element is it’s the bail bondsman who pays, something he doesn’t want to do. That means he goes out, runs down his client, captures the client, and physically delivers the client to the court.
Gotta hand it to the Left ... they stay true to their values no matter how stupid, no matter how impractical, no matter what normal people think about the Left and their values.
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