BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 4 months ago
Ridiculous news.
Bottoms explained that the shooting violence is “happening across the country” and is a combination of a “lack of access to healthcare,” unemployment, coronavirus and injustices seen across the country. She then added that Georgia is an “open carry state,” which allows people to “walk down the streets with assault weapons” without being stopped for probable cause.
“What’s happening in Atlanta is what’s happening across the country. There is a combination of things,” Bottoms replied. “There are … these systemic issues, including lack of access to healthcare, including people being unemployed, people are dying of COVID-19. We witness the injustices that have happened in front of our eyes, and it’s boiling over into our streets. It’s happening in Atlanta. It’s happening across the country.”
“The irony of it is that our overall crime rate is down by 18%. But in Georgia, an open carry state, people are allowed to walk down the streets with assault weapons and we don’t have probable cause to stop them,” she continued. “You don’t get to pick and choose which demographic you get to stop and question as to why they are walking in our streets with open weapons. It is an issue in Atlanta. It’s an issue in other cities across this nation, and it is one that we take very seriously.
Shut up, she explained.
So no I won’t shut up. And I’ll explain a few things. Braselton, Ga., has a violent crime rate of 0.09 per year per 1000 residents. And yet open carry is legal in Braselton just like it is in Atlanta.
The Atlanta crime rate, on the other hand, is 7.69 per 1000. So now that I’ve explained this, I’ll turn it back over to idiot mayor Bottoms.
Take it away. Now explain how open carry is responsible for crime in Atlanta. Go ahead.
