There's a push to change laws to permit both criminals
serving time and ex-criminals the right to vote. Guess which party is pushing
the most for these legal changes. If you guessed that it was the Democrats, go
to the head of the class.
Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote
from behind bars. Elizabeth Warren doesn't go that far but believes felons
should have the right to vote. Democrats want the criminal class to have voting
rights restored because they could become a significant part of the
Democratic base.
These are America's murderers, rapists, burglars, child
molesters and drug dealers. Over two million of these people are in prison. If
we add in the number of people on probation and parole, there are 6.7 million
people currently under correctional control.
If cons and ex-cons get the right
to vote, it's almost a guarantee that most of these people will cast their vote
for a Democratic candidate.
Democrats don't stop with wanting cons and ex-cons to
vote. It turns out that more than 50 percent of Democrats surveyed want illegal
immigrants to have the right to vote, as they already do in some
Democratic-controlled cities.
America's gun control advocates have the belief that
outlawing guns would drastically reduce crime.
Almost all handguns have been
outlawed from private citizen use in the U.K. since 1996. Nonetheless, violent
crime in the U.K. has risen almost every year since the ban. Criminals love the
idea of a disarmed populace.
While there are few gun crimes in the U.K.,
there's a recent report that in 2018 there were over 40,000 knife crimes committed.
It's gotten so bad that some stores have stopped selling kitchen knives.
America's gun control advocates might have some solutions
for the citizens of the U.K. They might advocate a thorough MI5 (U.K.'s secret
service) background check for anyone wishing to purchase any kind of knife,
including kitchen knives.
They might advocate knife registration. There might
be lengthy prison sentences for anyone caught with an illegal unregistered
knife. With London's murder rate higher than New York City's, Mayor Sadiq Khan
has implemented knife control policies as violent crime surges. Khan deployed
over 300 additional London police officers to stop and search anyone they
suspect is carrying a knife.
