National Policy

n response to our short paper in Academia Letters, Bondy et. al. published much longer response in this journal. We show that the Bondy et. al. criticisms are misleading and irrelevant. We present new estimates of the effect of right-to-carry and permit-less “constitutional carry” laws on the murder rate.

Several articles have been published finding that carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws allowing citizens with a concealed carry permit to go about with a firearm concealed on their person, cause violent crime to increase. While most of the research finds that right-to-carry laws reduce crime, let’s assume that these laws do increase violent crime.

NEW YORK CITY, NY - As reported in the New York Post, City Council members who are pushing soft-on-crime policies now want to delete the New York Police Department's (NYPD) gang database, even though data indicates that there has been a surge in gang-affiliated illegal immigrants relocating to the city.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had [...]

Former President and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump announced U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice presidential nominee on the first day of the official Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sen. Vance has been in the U.S. Senate since 2023 and was well-known prior to running for office for his [...]

OPA LOCKA, FL - On Monday, July 15th, police arrested the man responsible for fatally shooting his co-worker following an argument they had at work.  According to Local 10, police were dispatched to Arrow Asphalt & Engineering just after 6:00 a.m. after receiving reports of gunshots. The location of the company was 3051 NW 129th [...]

Several articles have been published finding that carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws allowing citizens with a concealed carry permit to go about with a firearm concealed on their person, cause violent crime to increase. While most of the research finds that right-to-carry laws reduce crime, let’s assume that these laws do increase violent crime.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared: “Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents” and that it is “public health crisis.” This has been a favorite talking point from the Biden White House, for both President Biden and Vice President Harris, continues to be that guns are the leading cause of death of [...]

As the Marshall Project notes, “By 2020, almost every law enforcement agency was included in the FBI’s database.” But the new system, which went into effect in 2021, is missing a lot of data. In 2022, 32% of police departments stopped reporting crime data, and another 24% of departments only reported crime data for some [...]

MARION, IN - The Indiana State Police (ISP) are actively investigating an officer-involved shooting that left the suspect dead. According to Fox 55, the investigation began after officers with the Marion Police Department (MPD) responded to a call for an unwanted person inside that ISP had an active warrant for and a restraining order.