Paper: Most Firearm Offenses in Illinois are for Firearms Possession by Black Men ammoland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ammoland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dear Editor:
This letter is in response to the letter by Nancy Spillane in the July 20 edition of Steamboat Pilot & Today. In her letter, Ms. Spillane repeats the assertion that the current increase in criminal violence using firearms is a public health issue. This increase in criminal activity is not a public health issue; it is a crime issue caused by a loss of respect for the rule of law and for the efforts of law enforcement. There has always been an element of criminal violence using the weapons of the time.
If gun control was the solution, Chicago would not have the number of murders it has seen; the city of Chicago and Cook County layer additional regulations on top of the regulations of the state of Illinois, which include the Firearms Owner Identification card. New York City adds regulations on top of the regulations of New York state, including the SAFE Act. Yet criminals continue to obtain any firearms they desire.
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
On Tuesday, Cam smacked CNN down pretty hard over their report that Illinois sold more guns than everyone else. In fact, the reporting was actually kind of bad if you know anything about the numbers.
CNN eventually got the hint and changed their story. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the change isn’t universal. You see, a lot of other sites accept CNN as a news feed and repost stories on their site. The feed doesn’t have the new story, which means many local stations like WHTI-TV in Terra Haute, Indiana are still putting out false information.
Gun background checks soared in April
Editor’s note: This story and headline have been corrected. An earlier version overstated the number of gun sales that have been recorded in Illinois.
Concerns about looming gun control legislation and rising crime continued to fuel gun sales in America throughout the month of April, according to industry observers.
The FBI conducted more than 3.5 million gun-related background checks last month, a 20% year-over-year increase from April 2020, according to the latest FBI figures released Monday.
Nearly 1.7 million of those gun background checks were specifically for gun purchases, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms industry trade group that cross references FBI data with actual sales figures provided by gun merchants to determine how many guns are sold monthly.
Gun sales are surging in a surprising state ktvz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.