• Home
  • About
    • About Christopher di Armani
    • Disclosure Statement
    • Code of Ethics
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Gun Laws 101
  • FPO Violators
  • Store
  • Donate
  • Hire Me

Christopher di Armani.com

In Praise of Individual Rights and Freedoms

  • Top 25
  • Big Brother
    • Access To Information
    • Bureaucratic Incompetence
    • Bureaucrat’s Rule #1
    • Censorship
    • Feeding at the Government Trough
    • Lemonade Freedom
  • Common Sense
    • Expressions of Gratitude
    • Good Samaritans
    • Good Stuff
    • In Memoriam — Remembering our Heros
    • Life
    • Personal Responsibility
    • Politically Correct Madness
  • Courts
    • Abusive Prosecutions
    • Civil Forfeiture
    • Human Rights Tribunals
    • Judicial Corruption
    • Justice Denied
    • Justice System Abuses
    • Police Sentencing Double-Standards
    • Prosecutorial Misconduct
    • SLAPP Lawsuits
  • Crime
    • Abuse of Trust
    • Canadian Mass Murders
    • Firearm Prohibition Orders
    • Human Depravity
    • Immigration Issues
    • Racism
    • Restraining Orders
    • Sexual Predators
    • Violent Criminals
    • Wrongful Convictions
  • Guns
    • Concealed Carry
    • Dial 9-1-1 and Die
    • Firearms Act
    • Fun Gun Stuff
    • Gun Control
    • Gun-Free Zones
    • Gun Politics
    • Gun Registration
    • Negligent Discharges
    • Target Shooting Competitions
  • Islam
    • Canadian Islamic Disgraces
    • Islamic Terrorism
    • Radical Islam
    • Sharia Law
    • The Religion Of Peace
  • Police
    • Abuse of Police Authority
    • Filming Police
    • Great Police Officers
    • Officer Down
    • Police Brutality
    • Police Corruption
    • Police Misconduct
    • RCMP Accountability
    • RCMP Hall of Shame
    • Warrantless Searches
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Ethics in Politics
    • Political Antics
    • Political Corruption
    • Social Justice
    • Stupid Human Tricks
    • Union Bay Improvement District
  • Rights
    • Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • Constitutional Violations
    • Freedom of Assembly
    • Freedom of Religion
    • Freedom of Speech
    • Property Rights
    • Privacy Rights
    • Self-Defense
    • Unreasonable Search and Seizure

Illegal Gun Seizures Up Worldwide Despite Drop in Police Interactions

Published May 1, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Guns


Washington, DC, known for its harsh gun laws, can’t stop illegal guns or the violence stemming from them. The 51 homicides recorded in the District this year represent a 34 percent spike from the same period in 2020, and that was a 16-year high for murders in the American capitol.

In Montgomery County, PA, a 17-year-old was arrested for illegally selling 44 guns. District Attorney Kevin Steele says only a few of the illegal guns were recovered.

According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, 48 individuals were arrested for firearm possession between January 2019 and March 2020. This year, 90 arrests have been made for the same charge between January 2020 and March 2021, although the cause for the increase in illegal gun possession is not known.

In New York, 177 illegal firearms were seized by Newark Police since January 1st, a 31% increase over the same time period for last year.

“The Newark Police Division stands in solidarity with Mayor Baraka’s pledge to address violence as a public health issue and is vigilant about removing as many illegal firearms from our streets as possible,” Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said.

In Staten Island, New York City Police Department arrests for illegal possession of a firearm doubled over the first three months of 2020.

“It’s good news and bad news. It’s good news that we are making the incarcerations. The D.A.’s team works very, very hard to set high bail, but the bad news is that there are more guns on Staten Island,” Assistant Chief Frank Vega, the NYPD borough commander.

Jens Ludwig, writing in The Chicago Tribune, says:

One of the most striking changes in crime in Chicago over the past year is something few people are talking about. It’s not the utterly tragic 55% increase in homicides in 2020 compared with 2019. It’s the nearly 110% increase in gun carrying, which itself is a major contributing factor to the rise in gun violence.

The number of police-resident encounters — at least as measured by street stops and traffic stops — plummeted in 2020 as the global COVID-19 pandemic started. From January to April 2020 the number of stops dropped by 85%. Yet the number of illegal guns officers recovered during those encounters is actually up.

Unless the police have become dramatically better at figuring out who is illegally carrying a gun (and so have become better at figuring out who to stop), the implication is that lots more people are carrying guns illegally in Chicago.

This is a citywide phenomenon. We see massive increases in illegal gun carrying in literally every neighborhood in Chicago.

In Australia, police continue to bust record numbers of known criminals in possession of illegal guns. Over 800 illegal guns were seized from criminals during Operation Athena, a cooperative effort between state and federal police forces across Australia.

In New Zealand, police responded to 458 incidents where a firearm was involved in the first six weeks of 2021 alone. The government claims the increase in ‘gun crime’ in New Zealand – despite sweeping reforms introduced after the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019 – means even more restrictive laws are required. Of course.

In May, 2020, New Zealand reported that the rates of gun crimes and killings using illegal guns were at their highest levels in a decade.

In Mexico, about 70% of guns used in crimes that are seized and traced originated in the United States according to an updated Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on efforts to combat firearms trafficking from the US to Mexico.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force reports illegal gun seizures are up 23 percent since January 1st. Jamaican police have seized 226 illegal firearms from criminals so far this year, including 161 pistols and eight submachine guns.

In Spain, police uncovered and raided a factory manufacturing 3D-printed weapons in the first bust of its kind.

In India, an illegal firearms factory in Firozabad was busted and ‘a huge cache of finished and unfinished weapons, along with machinery used in manufacturing, were recovered’. Illegal firearm manufacturing factories are an ongoing issue across India.

In Kenya, the government imposed a 30-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in Baragoi town, Samburu North, as part of an operation to root out illegal guns and the criminals who possess them. This crackdown came after a 1-year amnesty for those who voluntarily surrendered their illegal guns was unsuccessful.

In South America, Operation Trigger VI saw the arrest of almost 4,000 suspects across all 13 South American countries, with some 200,000 illicit firearms, parts, components, ammunition and explosives recovered.

What Does It All Mean?

What does this mean?  For starters, it means criminals aren’t taking time off due to COVID. They’re more active than ever.  It also appears to indicate that police are getting better at locating individuals in possession of illegal guns.

Last, it indicates there is a lesson to be learned if only Bill Blair and the entire Trudeau government were willing to listen.

As we can see around the world, attacking those who commit violent crimes is how you stop them from happening.

Our Liberal government’s focus on confiscating legally-owned firearms from licensed owners will never stop the problem they claim it will: stopping the violence committed by drug dealers, gang members and other violent criminals.

How can it?

This Liberal government completely ignores these violent, repeat offenders, so the violence continues unabated.

Only when this government gets serious about disarming the most violent among us will the senseless killings stop, but therein lies the rub.

Author

  • Christopher di Armani
    Christopher di Armani

    Christopher di Armani is a freedom-loving Amazon bestselling author and current events commentator from Lytton, BC, Canada, who strives to awaken the passion for liberty inside every human being.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Tags: District Attorney Kevin Steele, Illegal firearm manufacturing, illegal guns, Operation Athena, Operation Trigger VI

Did you find value in this article?

If you found this article useful or it contained valuable information and you want to thank me, the best way is to buy me a coffee or two.

1. Send an Interac eTransfer to author @ christopherdiarmani.net (remove spaces)

2. Send via PayPal using this link: https://www.paypal.me/ThatLibertyGuy

3. Use your credit card in my online store to support me with a one-time donation, a monthly recurring donation, or an annual donation. See these links for all the details about the thank-you gifts I offer my supporters.

Comments

  1. The Hindustan Gazette Hindi says

    December 9, 2021 at 2:48 am

    Thanks for sharing this great information with us. It helps to increase our knowledge.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Subscribe to my commentaries

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Latest Tweets

Follow @ThatLibertyGuy

Christopher di Armani 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
@ThatLibertyGuy

  • New comment: Edmonton Police Service Constable Adam Kube Refused Any Appeal In His Termination for Corrupt Practices christopherdiarmani.com/10846/police/p…
    about 2 weeks ago
    Reply Retweet Favorite
  • A big shout out to @CandiceMalcolm, @AndrewLawton, @AnthonyFurey and the entire team at @TrueNorthCentre for sendin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
    about 4 weeks ago
    Reply Retweet Favorite
  • For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
    about 1 month ago
    Reply Retweet Favorite
  • New comment: Paul Rogan Passes: The End of an Era christopherdiarmani.com/18908/common-s…
    about 2 months ago
    Reply Retweet Favorite
  • To restore common sense to our nation, this is the path. The political left works around the clock and around the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
    about 2 months ago
    Reply Retweet Favorite

Most Popular This Week

  • All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing
  • And the Special Treatment for Spouse-Abusing RCMP members just keeps on coming…
  • No Right to Bear Arms in Canada? You might want to re-check your history.
  • A Historic Day for Freedom of Speech: Geert Wilders
  • The National Anthem BANNED… at Indiana’s Goshen College?
  • Thank God for Andrew Abbass and his Lawyer
  • Constable Adam Massart: Give him the finger, he’ll point his service pistol at you

Most Popular This Month

  • All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing
  • Yvon Mercier: From RCMP Depot Trainer to Double-Murderer
  • OPP Sgt. Mike Dolderman’s Sexual Assault Trial Delayed Again
  • Dale Merle Nelson’s 1970 Murder Spree in Creston, British Columbia
  • How did Live-Streaming Rape Become a ‘Thing’?
  • OPP Sergeant Jamie Gillespie Pleads Guilty to attempting to intercept private communications
  • Escaped Mental Patient William Bernard Lepine and the 1972 Kettle Valley Murders

© 2004–2023 ChristopherDiArmani.com | All Rights Reserved

Close

Buy me a cup of coffee

A ridiculous amount of coffee was consumed in the process of writing these articles. If you enjoy my work, please buy me a coffee or two to keep me going!