Murder Rates Plummet to Lowest Ever as Deportations Rise, Dems Make Weak Anti-suppressor Arguments, CATO’s Embarrassingly Bogus Claims on Low Crime Rate by Illegals, and More
Over the past two weeks, I published several op-eds. In The Federalist, I argued that “As Deportations Rise, The U.S. Is On Track For The Lowest Murder Rate On Record.” While FBI director Kash Patel attributed the drop in murders to “letting cops be cops”—by relocating FBI agents out of Washington, D.C., and rolling back the Biden administration’s DEI mandates on law enforcement—I suggested another key factor: the Trump administration’s deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. Deporting these individuals not only removes criminals from communities, but also sends a message. Those who haven’t been caught are more likely to lay low to avoid arrest and deportation. I appeared on Steve Bannon’s WarRoom as well as Lars Larson’s national radio show to discuss this op-ed.
In another piece for Real Clear Policy, I exposed the weak arguments Democrats used to oppose changes to suppressor regulations in the budget reconciliation bill. They claim that suppressors (which they misleadingly call “silencers”) would increase casualties in mass public shootings, that no law-abiding citizen has legitimate reasons to own one, and that suppressors fully silence firearms—claims that data and basic acoustics easily refute.
Several other stories made headlines this week. In Michigan, two volunteer church members stopped what could have been a mass public shooting. The media continues to mislabel them as “security guards,” though they were just regular congregants carrying firearms as part of a volunteer security detail. One of them put it plainly: “You are your own first responder.” The percent of the adult Jewish population able to carry guns in public has increased from about 2.7% on October 7th, 2023 to 7.72% today. It is too bad some Israelis weren’t carrying at the concert on October 7th.
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