For me, this is the dumbest BS I've read in a while. For this city councilman to write that the crooks use BB guns, or fake weapons as he called it, to commit their crimes, is someone with his head in the sand or is in total denial.
Ah, Baltimore. That “glorious” East Coast city with one of the highest murder rates in the nation.
Per Wikipedia, Baltimore’s murder and non-negligent homicide rate in 2014 was 33.8 per 100,000 population. That’s the highest on the East Coast, higher even than Newark’s. And it’s the 4th-highest in the US overall – trailing only St Louis, Detroit, and New Orleans.
So, what has Baltimore done to try and reduce this rate? Glad you asked. The other day, they passed a law banning firearm replicas. You know, like BB guns which look too much like real pistols.