The Looting Conspiracy

[Michigan Swamp Buck]

Here is a link to a copy of the what I believe to be the original ATS thread you were looking for (complements of Big Mother Russia) . . .

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The link in the quoted section of that first post goes to web.archive.org to a page that is not there. The original source article from courant.com comes up empty on their website and in cached sources as well. I did notice that courant.com requires a subscription to view articles.

Democrats - If We Lower Gun Crime, We Can't Push Gun Control & Bans

infolurker

posted on Feb, 24 2023 @ 07:30 PM
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A very good article about some Democrat mayors and mothers groups who plead with State Democrats to stop letting criminals out to reoffend, fix the broken bail system, and keep repeat violent offenders behind bars. The Republicans support the Democrats who want this but the Democrat majority doesn't want to fix it because they want to "focus" on access to firearms (gun control).


85% of the suspects arrested for gun crimes had been convicted of gun crimes previously.

someone with a prior gun conviction is 8,000 times more likely than someone without a criminal record to be arrested for a shooting

74% of both shooting victims and suspects had prior involvement with the criminal justice system and most had extensive criminal histories: 65% had been in prison, 73% had prior felony convictions and served periods of probation, the data shows.

On average, they had 10 prior arrests, three for felonies. Most are men (95%), 18- to 34-years-old (70%).

39% had charges pending from other crimes, but had been released from custody after posting bond.


web.archive.org...://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-conn-city-gun-crime-stats-legislation-20230220-j4oplrb27rcc pglhwzthdoghh4-story.html

Last week at the state Capitol, Woods joined Connecticut’s big city mayors, who departed from the new decriminalization orthodoxy to push a package of proposed laws that would enhance bail and sentencing laws as they apply to repeat gun criminals. They backed up the legislative pitch with a startling statistical analysis of gun crimes that shows most gun criminals are chronic reoffenders who are committing second and third offenses while released on bail or probation.

The mayors, all Democrats, arrived with the statistics and an array of inner city supporters, including mothers with emotional stories about murdered children. But it was unclear what reception their proposals would get from the Democratic-controlled legislature, where recent gun proposals trend more toward limiting gun access than prosecution. There was some support for the proposals from Republicans.

The gun criminals are, according to the numbers, a relatively small, violent group with felony records. They commit a significant percentage of urban gun crimes while free on bond and awaiting trial on other crimes, or while on parole or probation after prior convictions and prison sentences, data shows.

In Hartford, shooting suspects had long criminal records; half those arrested over the last three years had been arrested in the city for something else within the prior year and one half. On average, they had 10 prior arrests, three for felonies. Most are men (95%), 18- to 34-years-old (70%).

Hartford data drawn from 345 gun violence incidents between January 2019 and March 2021 shows that 85% of the suspects arrested for gun crimes had been convicted of gun crimes previously.

Vincent Candelora, the House Republican leader from North Branford, said his party’s criminal justice agenda aligns with that of the mayors — at least on the question of bail.

“We believe the bail system is being underutilized and it is allowing violent offenders to be released,” Candelora said. “We can continue to over regulate guns all we want. But we need to start regulating the people.”