by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Self Defense
I testified earlier this month at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Chicago on underlying causes of the spikes in gun violence in that city and around the country. Although Sen. Dick Durbin’s interruptions of my opening statement stole the show in many respects,...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Library, National News
Olympia, WA – Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would lessen the penalty for fatal drive-by shootings in order to promote racial equality. House Bill 1692, the brainchild of Rep. David Hackney (D-Tukwila) and Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-Bremerton), seeks to...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Illinois News, McHenry
Activists held a candlelight march to the front of the McHenry County Correctional Facility the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, using a bullhorn to offer encouraging words to inmates and detainees. Former detainee Cesar Elizarraraz spoke to those gathered as part...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | National News
Across the U.S., 2021 was a bad year for crime. The New York City Police Department reported a 4.1% increase in homicides over 2020. Chicago’s increase was 5% and Los Angeles suffered a 13% rise in killings. The 2021 figures follow a scary 2020, when the nationwide...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | National News
With 2021 coming to a close, Minneapolis is approaching a grim milestone. The city recorded its 96th homicide this week, one shy of the record set in 1995. A surge in gun violence in 2021, especially in the city’s most diverse and lowest-income neighborhoods,...
