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Cotton: Democrats’ Anti-Cop, Pro-Criminal Policies Sparked the Great Crime Wave of 2020

March 6, 2025October 3, 2021 by John Boch

New nationwide data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that last year the number of murders rose by 29 percent, drug overdose deaths increased 30 percent, and the number of gang-related killings skyrocketed more than 55 percent. To put this carnage into context, a 29 percent increase in murder isn’t simply bad, it’s the worst single-year increase in American history. Similarly, … Read more

AP Can’t Put a Finger on the Reason for the Spike in Shootings and Murders in the U.S.

March 6, 2025December 28, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

The following story on the spike in shootings and firearms-related murders from the Associated Press is 984 words long. Yet if you run a CTRL-F, you’ll find that nowhere in the story do the words “riot,” “jail,” “prison,” “bail” or “defund” appear. Apparently the AP’s Corey Williams didn’t find the fact that the country saw … Read more

Feckless Chicago Mayor Oversees 18 Murders, 48 More Wounded This Weekend

March 6, 2025June 29, 2020 by John Boch

Here’s a newsflash: Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a violent crime problem in her city. Last week, when President Trump offered to help solve the horrific violence on Murder City, USA’s streets, Lightfoot rudely rebuffed him. “I don’t need leadership lessons from Donald Trump,” she tweeted. Then this past weekend, gang-driven violent crime claimed 18 … Read more

‘Gun Violence’ Roaring Towards 1980s Levels Yet Left Demands Cities ‘Defund the Police’

March 6, 2025June 26, 2020 by John Boch

So-called gun violence has spiked in recent weeks since the George Floyd death. Many of America’s big cities, virtually all run by Democrats, have seen the worst of this violence as gang members shoot at one another with relative impunity. Even the world’s newest nation – CHOP/CHAZistan in Seattle – has seen people maimed and … Read more

Why We Carry Guns: Dust-up at Disneyland and Other Random Acts of Violence

July 9, 2019 by John Boch

Trouble can happen anywhere at any time. That’s why millions of Americans have carry licenses and tote a firearm every day. Ironically, non-permissive environments quite often serve as the locations in which people most need to carry. Take, for instance, Disneyland in Anaheim, California. A recent incident at Mickey’s West Coast theme park shows that … Read more

Chicago Police Department Plan for Dealing With the Van Dyke Verdict Has Some Gaping Holes

September 24, 2018 by John Boch

In “The Purge” movie franchise, cops take a day off and society has a free-for-all. With the Jason Van Dyke murder trial wrapping up, Chicago Police have a plan to bolster the numbers of cops on the streets to handle any potential outbreak of (more) violence. If you haven’t been following the action, Van Dyke … Read more

Civilian Disarmament Advocates Want to Disarm America’s Most Peaceful Citizens

June 21, 2018 by Dan Zimmerman

“Japanese society is often held up as a model of non-violence. There is a segment of society here in the US that is as peaceful and non-violent as the disarmed Japanese. That segment is the licensed concealed carry holders of the United States. I’ll say that again. Civilians who received their license to carry concealed … Read more

Walmart: Now More Dangerous Than Ever?

June 25, 2017 by John Boch

When it comes to personal defense, situational awareness saves lives. Avoid stupid places, stupid people and stupid activities and you’ll avoid stupid prizes the great majority of the time. In that vein, we have covered how big box store parking lots act as magnets for crime. Walmart stores in particular face pressure from local police … Read more

Chicago: Three Big Reasons Why Murder City, USA Is So Unsafe

August 26, 2016 by John Boch

Chicago is not safe. Violent crime in the Windy City is up sharply, as is all crime across the board in America’s second largest city. HeyJackass.com does an admirable job of tracking the carnage. Here’s the body count for August – so far! Would you tolerate that level of violence in your city? It doesn’t just happen in the … Read more

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