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Volume 3, No. 19, May 9, 2014
In This Issue
Editorial: Chicago crime is down. Really?
Ammunition market prediction
NJ mulls 10 round mag limit
California microstamping suit slows down
Colorado voters don't like new gun laws
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Editorial

Chicago crime is down... the credibility list

David A. Lombardo

 

Chicago was barely two hours into the New Year when the Chicago P.D. issued a press release titled, "Chicago ends 2013 at Historic Lows in Crime and Violence, More Work Remains." It was resplendent with eye-catching phrases such as, "Fewest murders since 1965," "lowest murder rate since 1966," and "lowest overall crime rate since 1972." 

   

Who would have thought how simple it would be to lower the violent crime rate in Chicago? All you have to do is juke the numbers. 

   

A Chicago Magazine piece earlier this month noted that during 2013, ten murder cases were intentionally miscategorized to lower the murder rate, and there may have been still more.

  

Then there were the four homicides subtracted out because they occurred on Chicago's expressways, the logic of which completely escapes me. And let's not forget yet four more homicides that McCarthy had removed from the 2013 statistics in the waning hours of December. According to the article, the author calculated that 414 reported murders in 2013 were, at a minimum, really 432. 

   

Since McCarthy has become Chicago's top cop, a new system has been implemented for reporting violent crime. Rather than counting the number of victims-you know, like the rest of the law enforcement agencies around the country-Chicago reports the number of incidents. When John Q reads the statistics in some article or report, it leads one to assume the numbers refer to victims, a longstanding practice in crime reporting. Nifty system and presto-the Chicago homicide rate drops. But wait, the good news doesn't end there. 

 

A Tribune article last month noted the Chicago Inspector General's office found that McCarthy failed to report about a quarter of the aggravated assault and ag battery victims in 2012. According to the article McCarthy failed to follow state guidelines by counting each aggravated assault or battery as one incident, not each victim, as it should have, leading to a significant underreporting because of all the incidents that involved multiple victims. 

 

The Trib had covered this issue in the past, including a 2010 front page story that focused on one month during that summer. It too documented how the Chicago P.D. reported the number of shooting incidents and not the number of victims. 

 

Last July the Trib took a hard look at every shooting in the first six months of 2013 and found that there had been more than 1,000 victims, far more than the department's own numbers, since it reported only shooting incidents. 

 

The Inspector General's investigation looked at 383 assault-related crimes and found that the 72 ag assault and ag battery incidents had a combined 95 victims. That meant that by reporting only the number of incidents, Chicago police had failed to include 23 victims, thus underreporting 24 percent of the ag assault and ag batteries in that sampling. 

 

Look, I'm not blaming the cops here. The rank-and-file are on the streets doing what the top cop tells them to do. I think the root of violent crime goes far deeper than good policing can cure.

 

To be honest, I don't think there's any quick-fix to the violent crime rate in Chicago, so it would be disingenuous to suggest that any top cop could put a significant dent in violent crime in the short term. I don't expect miracles; I don't expect anyone to have the perfect strategy; and I certainly don't expect to see any significant drop in violent crime in the short term. What I do expect from government's highest officials is honesty. 

 

It has been widely reported that McCarthy, known for his temper and confrontational meeting style, has been putting extreme pressure on his commanders to lower the crime rate in their respective districts or face a dead-end career. Okay, I get that-hold commanders' feet to the fire as they command the foot soldiers that patrol the mean streets. But with a failing strategy guiding the Chicago P.D., the only way for McCarthy-and by extension, Emanuel-to save face is to juke the numbers so it appears the crime rate is dropping. 

 

The Inspector General's office pointed out that the statistics reported by McCarthy not only erode public confidence but wreak havoc on the Comp-Stat program McCarthy cherishes. Comp-Stat is a data-driven algorithm that combines the flawed statistics, street intelligence and weekly performance meetings to evaluate district commanders. As the saying goes, garbage in, garbage out. On the bright side, maybe they can use all that garbage to fill potholes. 

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This week David and Gretchen will be talking with Attorney Ed Ronkowski about recent changes in your right to remain silent when dealing with law enforcement.

 

All that and more, this Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on AM560 THE ANSWER.  

 

 

Ammunition market predicted

to exceed $10B by 2019

 

According to a study conducted by Transparency Market Research, the market for ammunition globally is forecast to exceed $10.0 billion by 2019. In Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 - 2019, rising conflicts in several nations due to territorial disputes and growing crime rates across the globe are supporting the growth of the ammunition market. The study includes ammunition requirements for national defense, homeland security, law enforcement and civilian use. Globally the ammunition market was valued at $9.2 billion in 2012 and is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 1.3 percent from 2013 - 2019. Different types of munitions are used by defense departments, federal and private security agencies, R&D divisions and others. Among all, the highest revenue share was recorded by the defense sector in 2012, which accounted for more than 50 percent of revenue share. According to the report it is due to the increased responsibilities of state defense departments for prevention of terrorist attacks and response attentiveness. Among the various types of ammunition products, small arms ammunition is emerging as the leading segment.

 

 

New Jersey considering 10 round magazine limit

 

The New Jersey Senate's Law and Public Safety Committee voted 3-2 to approve a bill that would limit firearm magazine capacity to 10 rounds, a drop from the state's current 15-round limit. The Star Ledger reported that although the bill had already passed the state Assembly twice, this is the first time it won approval from the Senate committee. "Large capacity magazines are not needed for hunting or for self-defense. They are used to claim as many victims as possible, as fast as possible," said State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), who is sponsoring the bill. "If a gunman has to stop and reload, it offers a critical window of time to take down the shooter." The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence lists New Jersey as having the third-toughest gun laws in the nation, after California and Connecticut. Despite this, Second Amendment advocates showed up in force at the committee hearing in Trenton to oppose the bill. "No matter how much we come to the Senate, no matter how much we come to talk or how many facts [...] we spew, none of you listen to us. This is like a dog-and-pony show," Ted Price, a local resident, told the Wall Street Journal. "The bill will hamper my ability to defend myself," he added.  

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California microstamping law's

oral arguments have been postponed

 

Oral arguments in Fresno Superior Court have been postponed until May 14 in the lawsuit brought by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) on behalf of their members against the State of California to prevent enforcement of the state's microstamping statute. The state statute being challenged, enacted in 2007 but not made effective until May 2013, requires that all semiautomatic handguns sold in the state that are not already on the California approved handgun roster incorporate unproven and unreliable microstamping technology. Under this law firearms manufacturers would have to micro laser-engrave a gun's make, model and serial number on two distinct parts of each handgun, including the firing pin, so that, in theory, this information would be imprinted on the cartridge casing when the pistol is fired. "There is no existing microstamping technology that meets the requirement of this ill-considered law. It is not technologically possible to microstamp two locations in the gun so that required information imprints onto the cartridge casing. It is not even possible to consistently and legibly imprint on the cartridge primer the required identifying information from the tip of the firing pin, the only conceivable location for such micro-laser engraving," said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. [Source: National Shooting Sports Foundation]

 

Poll finds majority of Colorado voters

oppose new gun control laws

 

Quinnipiac University recently released the results of a 2014 survey that polled 1,298 registered voters in Colorado. When asked their opinion on Colorado's strict new gun control laws signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper last March, 56 percent opposed the new laws while 39 percent supported them; the remainder were undecided. Additionally 51 percent said they oppose the statewide ban of magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds, while 45 percent support it. Only 21 percent support stricter gun laws as a solution to violence in schools. A combined 68 percent instead preferred the alternatives of metal detectors or armed teachers. The passage of new gun control laws came as a shock to many Colorado residents last March, especially in a state with a long-standing firearms culture. The new laws banned the sale of magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds, required background checks on private firearm sales and tacked on extra fees for those checks. In the following months, outraged voters ousted two of the lawmakers who supported the gun restrictions. The legislation also caused businesses like Magpul, the manufacturer of a line of popular gun accessories, to uproot to other states.