Crime is a major problem in many of our largest cities, and even a lot of the midsize ones. There's a reason President Donald Trump called in the National Guard and took over law enforcement in the District of Columbia.
There's also a reason he's floated the idea of doing it in other cities, too.
But while Democrats have been screaming bloody murder about it, it's important to remember that they have a pronounced double standard when it comes to crime. That's something that came up at America's 1st Freedom.
On August 25, President Donald Trump (R) signed a sweeping executive order aimed at dismantling cashless bail in Washington, D.C. He also warned other jurisdictions that rely on the practice that they could face the loss of federal funds.
“I will crack down on the Left-wing jurisdictions that refuse to prosecute dangerous criminals and set loose violent felons on cashless bail … . If you kill somebody, there’s no bond,” said the president.
The order directs federal prosecutors to take up cases in D.C. to ensure pretrial detention and instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify cities that continue to maintain similar bail-free policies. The White House’s goal, in a nutshell, is to end the revolving door of crime, a move the administration says will protect ordinary citizens from violent offenders who too often return to the streets within hours of arrest.
It also highlights a broader issue: cashless bail has become a key mechanism through which violent offenders can avoid accountability, even as the gun-control Left attributes rising crime rates to the law-abiding gun owners.
For defenders of the Second Amendment, Trump’s executive order exposes the absurdities of the gun-control Left. On one hand, the far Left continues to push for tighter restrictions on the constitutional rights of lawful gun owners; on the other, it promotes cashless bail policies that release dangerous criminals back into communities.
While gun-control advocates falsely insist that firearms drive crime, their preferred “reforms” often remove accountability from the individuals who actually commit the violence. Those who want cashless bail may say they want to reduce inequities of the defendants who cannot afford bond, but the data shows that repeat offenders are disproportionately responsible for violent crime.
Now, I actually understand the arguments for cashless bail. The person hasn't been convicted of a crime, so why are we holding them indefinitely simply because they're poor? I understand it, and to some degree, my libertarian sensibilities actually agree with it.
However, cash bail was the norm when our Constitution was written, so it seems safe to assume that the Founding Fathers didn't see it that way, so I'm fine with cash bail being required. Especially since the spike in violent crime that everyone has lost their mind about, which started in 2020 and has slowly trickled down, started right after so many Democrat-run cities and states did away with cash bail.
Meanwhile, as they put criminals back on the streets, they want to deprive us of our right to defend ourselves.
They empower criminals by putting them right back out on the streets, then say they're serious about crime and to address it, they need to go after the guns.
The irony is that while many anti-gunners are pretty overt about wanting to deter people from owning guns, the best way they could possibly do that is by getting serious about crime and criminals. Most people buy their first gun because they're worried about crime. They're afraid their home will be broken into and their loved ones injured or worse. That's why they get a gun.
Reduce that risk to nothingness, and what you end up with is a world where a lot of people just aren't going to bother.
They don't. They don't know how to do it because too many of those criminals and their support system are core demographics for the Democratic Party.
But they're going to keep trying to take our guns (most, anyway, because there is the odd pro-gun Democrat), because while they say they want to reduce crime, it's kind of hard not to look at their other actions and at least think the majority of them are actually pushing gun control to help that particular demographic.
Prove me wrong.
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