Detroit’s Police Chief: Don’t Want To Be A Crime Victim? Then Carry A Concealed Weapon.

by John Hawkins | January 4, 2014 12:23 am

Detroit’s new police chief has actually been making a dent in its sky high crime rate and he has some wise advice for residents[1] of the Motor City.

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If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday.

Urban police chiefs are typically in favor of gun control or reluctant to discuss the issue, but Craig on Thursday was candid about how he’s changed his mind.

“When we look at the good community members who have concealed weapons permits, the likelihood they’ll shoot is based on a lack of confidence in this Police Department,” Craig said at a press conference at police headquarters, adding that he thinks more Detroit citizens feel safer, thanks in part to a 7 percent drop in violent crime in 2013.

….Craig said he started believing that legal gun owners can deter crime when he became police chief in Portland, Maine, in 2009.

“Coming from California (Craig was on the Los Angeles police force for 28 years), where it takes an act of Congress to get a concealed weapon permit, I got to Maine, where they give out lots of CCWs (carrying concealed weapon permits), and I had a stack of CCW permits I was denying; that was my orientation.

“I changed my orientation real quick. Maine is one of the safest places in America. Clearly, suspects knew that good Americans were armed.”

Take it from the police chief who has slowly but surely started turning Detroit around: arm yourself because when you need the police in seconds, they’re only minutes away.

Also see,

10 Stories That Prove Guns Save Lives[3]

Endnotes:
  1. he has some wise advice for residents: http://hotair.com/archives/2014/01/03/detroit-police-chief-want-crime-to-drop-start-carrying/
  2. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/11.jpg
  3. 10 Stories That Prove Guns Save Lives: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/john-hawkins/10-stories-that-prove-guns-save-lives/

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