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\"Study:
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison (Photo: Baltimore Police Department)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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If policymakers want to reduce the number of murders in Baltimore, they would be advised to target criminals rather than law-abiding gun owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClearly neither the victims nor perpetrators of murders are \u2018normal\u2019 people \u2014 both groups are overwhelmingly criminals,\u201d says Dr. John R. Lott, Jr., in a new analysis<\/a> from the Crime Prevention Research Center. \u201cHomicides in Baltimore largely involve criminals killing criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the study, 82 percent of murder victims in Baltimore had a criminal record, and the average victim had been arrested 10.8 times. Just over four of those arrests were for drug offenses, and 67 percent had at least one arrest record for drugs. Forty-four percent had an arrest record for gun crimes, and 29 percent of victims were clearly known by the police to be members of \u201cdrug crews or gang\u201d members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those arrested on suspicion of murder, 81 percent had\na criminal record. Lott notes, however, that because only 31 percent of murder\ninvestigations in Baltimore end with an arrest, the true percentage of\nmurderers with criminal records is likely much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Study:
Source: Crime Prevention Research Center<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Baltimore to Introduce \u2018SAFE Act,\u2019 Mandatory Licensing for Gun Dealers<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore isn\u2019t alone. In cities across the country, victims of crime are frequently enmeshed in the criminal networks by which they are victimized. According to a 2011 study<\/a> published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, \u201cThe persistent link between offending and victimization is one of the most robust empirical findings in criminological research.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, gang members are responsible for a high percentage\nof violent crime in most jurisdictions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the FBI\u2019s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment<\/a>, gang members account for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Texas report that gangs account for 90 percent of all violent crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street gangs engage in a \u201chost\u201d of violent criminal activities,\nincluding assault, drug trafficking, extortion, firearms offenses, home invasion\nrobberies, homicide, intimidation, shootings, and weapons trafficking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Baltimore City School Board Votes to Leave Officers with Empty Holsters<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baltimore\u2019s clear inability to contain its criminal element hasn\u2019t stopped city officials from blaming the gun industry for their own incompetence. Baltimore officials announced<\/a> in November of last year that they\u2019re considering bringing a lawsuit against gun makers if the lawsuit against Remington by Sandy Hook families is successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Supreme Court allowed<\/a> the Sandy Hook suit to move forward, Baltimore Solicitor Andre Davis said gun manufacturers should be held accountable for the hundreds of homicides that take place in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat decision by the court of appeals a couple of weeks ago was a breakthrough because Congress has created immunity for these gun manufacturers that, up until now, has been impenetrable and this recent decision is the first small crack in the wall and we will continue to monitor it,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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