Mar 20, 2023
By focusing on "scary" guns, Chief Moore can keep everyone who is uninformed, like reporters, distracted from the reality that he is really just putting on a show for his masters. (LAPDHQ/Facebook) "Due to the proliferation of ghost guns, which are privately made, unregistered, and untraceable, the City of Los Angeles has seen a citywide rise in gun violence, which has been plaguing our communities," LAPD Online claimed in a November press release. "The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has seen an increase of over 130% in ghost gun recoveries from 2020 to present day." They're playing fast and loose with facts, which, unfortunately, is not surprising for an anti-gun department where the chief is beholden to anti-gun politicians for his job. A recovered gun is not the same as a gun that has been used. And one high-yield raid, like the one that LAPD conducted the month before yielding "hundreds of unserialized firearms and gun components" i
