Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has been on the job since July, started the New Year declaring the benefits of good guys and gals having guns.
“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,” he said at a Jan. 2 press conference.
Craig noted that he became a believer in an armed citizenry after leaving the Los Angelese Police Department to become police chief of Portland, Me.
“Coming from California 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.”
Violent crime has dropped 7 percent in Detroit in the last year. Thank you, Chief Craig.
Hat tip Bryan Preston at PJMedia.com