Pro-gun group blames DC crimes on gun control

RAW STORY
Published: Friday July 14, 2006

The Washington-based organization, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), has released a statement claiming that a recent District of Columbia crime wave is a result of the city's gun control laws.

Today's Washington Post is reporting that the District's police Chief, Charles H. Ramsey, has seen a rise in crime in areas of the city previously thought safe. "This is a big difference from what we've seen in years past," Ramsey told the Post.

The gun advocacy group, in a statement otained by RAW STORY, claimed that the spike in crime results from "the cruel hoax of restrictive gun laws in our nation's capitol. The insanity of gun control is revealed in the murder, rape, assault and robbery statistics that make the District of Columbia the crime capital of America."

The statement went on to attack the City Council for what it called "three decades of social ignorance." The Council, the statement added, "has turned over the streets of our capitol city to outlaws, and the outlaws know it."

The organization called on the city to repeal "draconian" gun control laws. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms claims 650,000 members.