News Around the World Takes Chicago Claims at Face Value
Sometimes news features can have a bias even when that wasn’t the intention. While News Around the World isn’t exactly what we’d consider the first or last name in news, it serves as a good example of how the mainstream media often has an anti-gun bias in how it reports the news. Without any attribution or source the article offers this bold statement:
“Chicago believes that its new ordinance will keep guns away from drug dealers and gang members, limiting the possession of handguns to the home and the possession of long guns to places of business.”
Can a city really believe anything? Yes, we’re being nitpicky as city name’s are sometimes used to describe groups or individuals, or even the government – notably national capitals in the latter case. But in this instance the use of “Chicago” is a little vague, especially as the plaintiffs are also from Chicago. The bigger issue is that this statement has no attribution as we stated, yet it makes a very bold argument. Does anyone, even an anti-gun zealot such as Richard Daley, the city’s mayor, really believe that the ordinance will keep guns away from drug dealers and gang members?
We would challenge this news outlet to try to get official comments, rather than making rash statements in the future.
Better Way to Get “Guns” Off the Street
The NBC affiliate in Augusta, Georgia is reporting that there has been a major crackdown in drug dealers and other criminals, and the result could be big. This is the sort of “getting guns off the street” measure we like. This wasn’t a nonsensical attempt to “buyback” the guns, but rather go after the actual criminals. The news site reports:
“Dozens of drug dealers and hundreds of thousands of dollars in drugs and guns are off the streets in Aiken, Edgefield and Richmond counties. The drug sweep included officers at the local, state and federal levels.”
One arrest at a man’s house resulted in said home – which was already condemned – being raised to the ground, while he faces 30 years in prison. Kudos to the law enforcement involved in this case. This is the kind of efforts we’re happy to report about at FirearmsTruth.
