The statute creating Philadelphia’s open carry licensing requirement has been declared unconstitutional by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. On June 23, the court vacated the conviction of Riyadh Sumpter, who was arrested in Philadelphia for openly carrying a firearm without a license—an act that is otherwise legal for those over 18 throughout the rest of Pennsylvania. … Read more
Kensington, Pennsylvania, police say a teen has been hospitalized after being shot while using a toy gun in an attempt to rob a man who was armed with a real gun. The victim and his girlfriend were taking a walk around 11 PM on September 29th near the 2200 block of Emerald Street in East … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Philadelphia focused on the rampant and continuing crime problem plaguing the city. There might not have been a better choice of location to which Congressional Representatives could travel. Philadelphia is a major metropolitan center and like many others saw historic surges of crime in the past … Read more
A good guy with a gun who was shopping in a Philadelphia corner store reacted as you’d expect to an armed duo who were waving a gun around threatening people as they tried to carry out a robbery just after high noon on Wednesday. The concealed carrier was waiting for an order when one of … Read more
The grim statistics hardly do justice to the mounting toll of gun violence in our city: 562 lives lost last year and another roughly 1,800 people who were shot and survived. In 2021, the city reached a bleak milestone in notching a record number of homicides. Now, the question city officials should be asking themselves … Read more
Leave it to the UK’s Daily Mail to report what the American mainstream media won’t. This weekend in Philadelphia, a lawless mob literally drove donuts around a police squad car and the cops did nothing. What’s more, the same video shows a huge number of the mob hopping on the squad car and taunting the … Read more
What a year, huh? The city of Philadelphia is once again challenging state of Pennsylvania’s preemption law. Last time around, they tried a “home rule city” tactic. That failed. This time the approach is a little different. Philadelphia city leaders are again filing a court challenge to the state’s prohibition on municipal gun regulations, this … Read more
Philly police want to talk with the victims of a road rage attack caught on video. At the same time, they want to question the guy with a sledgehammer who went berserk, not only on the car, but one of the passengers. Strangely enough, reports say neither party has notified police. Frankly, Mr. Sledgehammer should … Read more
“I think we should run our (surveillance) technology. If people knew there was a likelihood that there was some level of surveillance, then maybe they would think twice. That clearly relates to not just gun violence, but other types of violence.” – Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke in Clarke has eye on city’s gun violence … Read more
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