Crime and Punishment

Even More Than the Old Boss: Chicago Has Worst Memorial Day Weekend Violence in Over a Decade

Chicago’s latest feckless Mayor “Let’s Go” Brandon Johnson formulated a new strategy to tamp down the city’s historically horrific violent crime that spikes over the Memorial Day weekend and carries through the summer each year….



Cook County Court Rules Chicago Has No Jurisdiction to Sue Indiana Retailer for Guns Used to Commit Crimes in the City

Cities with significant violent crime problems seem to be able to devote far more resources to going after lawful gun owners, retailers, and manufacturers than they are toward arresting and jailing violent recidivist felons. You…


Ferguson: Progressive Theories on Race Have Only Made the Violent Crime Problem Worse

Data on policing and race is complex and nuanced. Police killings of unarmed suspects are rare, according to the Washington Post, and they’ve been declining. Numbers peak at 95 for all races in 2015, declining…



Inciting Robbery: San Francisco Bill Would Prohibit Security Guards From Intimidating Thieves by Drawing Their Guns

Comedian Dave Chappelle visited San Francisco last week to perform. “What the f—k happened to this place?” he asked, declaring that the whole city has morphed into its infamous Tenderloin district. “Y’all … need a Batman!”…


Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Beaumont, TX Homeowner Downs a Burglar in His Bathroom

“The shooting took place early Friday morning in Beaumont’s North End. Officers responded to a call about a burglary in progress in the 5300 block of Wildwood Avenue just after midnight, according to a Beaumont…


Settled Science: The 2020 Spike in Violent Crime Isn’t a Red State Problem, It’s a Blue City Problem

From the NRA-ILA . . . Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group, Everytown for Gun Safety, ranks the 50 states on how well they have comported their laws to the organization’s civilian disarmament agenda. In…



In Praise of Robert A. Waters – Scholar, Defender of Freedom, and Chronicler of Armed Self-Defense

By Miguel Faria, Jr., MD Robert A. Waters is author of several eloquent and brilliant books chronicling true crime stories that demonstrate how citizens have protected themselves — friends, family, and innocent people, not to…