{"id":37439,"date":"2019-11-01T16:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37439"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:05:39","slug":"common-sense-from-the-detroit-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37439","title":{"rendered":"Common Sense From The Detroit Police Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breitbart<\/a> posted an article today about a recent statement by the Detroit Police Chief.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

Detroit Police Chief James Craig suggested concealed carry by law-abiding citizens \u201cis about staying alive\u201d during an October 30, 2019, interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Craig, a vocal advocate of concealed carry for self-defense, said<\/a>, \u201cThere\u2019s been research that shows criminals fear armed citizens more than they fear police.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He explained police are not ever-present, thus they usually arrive after a crime not during one: \u201cBy the time we\u2019re called it\u2019s usually after the fact, so we\u2019re reacting to the crime.\u201d But armed, law-abiding citizens can be present to act as the crime is unfolding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That makes sense. There is a lot of validity to the idea of every citizen learning to be responsible for their own safety. I personally think everyone should take a Concealed Carry class simply to understand their rights and responsibilities in regard to gun ownership.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

On January 2, 2014, Breitbart News reported<\/a> Craig noting that \u201cgood community members who have concealed [licenses]\u201d deter crime and save lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On December 1, 2015, Breitbart News reported<\/a> Craig saying armed citizens also help fight the threat of terrorism. The\u00a0\u00a0Detroit News<\/a>\u00a0quoted Craig saying, \u201cA lot of Detroiters have CPLs, and the same rules apply to terrorists as they do to some gun-toting thug. If you\u2019re a terrorist, or a carjacker, you want unarmed citizens.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He suggested the knowledge that citizens \u00a0\u201cwould shoot back\u201d probably makes \u201cextremists\u2026reluctant to target Detroit.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armed citizens are one of the best crime deterrents available. The idea of taking guns away from law-abiding citizens collapses when you realize that criminals will not surrender their guns–leaving the general public unarmed and vulnerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Breitbart posted an article today about a recent statement by the Detroit Police Chief. The article states: Detroit Police Chief James Craig suggested concealed carry by law-abiding citizens \u201cis about staying alive\u201d during an October 30, 2019, interview on Tucker … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10348,10331,26,339,3288,1345,11119,9360,2212],"class_list":["post-37439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-breitbart","tag-breitbart-news","tag-concealed-carry","tag-detroit","tag-gun-ownership","tag-police","tag-research","tag-target","tag-tucker-carlson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37441,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37439\/revisions\/37441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}