{"id":6134,"date":"2023-09-13T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/bexar-county-da-blames-open-carry-for-sapd-shootings-expert-says-its-not-that-simple\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:10:37","slug":"bexar-county-da-blames-open-carry-for-sapd-shootings-expert-says-its-not-that-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/bexar-county-da-blames-open-carry-for-sapd-shootings-expert-says-its-not-that-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County DA blames open carry for SAPD shootings. Expert says it&#8217;s not that simple."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        During a public safety town hall Monday, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales blamed the recent string of shootings of San Antonio police officers on the state&#8217;s open-carry firearms law, which he said prompted a rise in violent crime. However, at least one legal expert questions that logic, saying multiple factors played into the shootings that injured five officers over a 12-day period.\u00a0What&#8217;s more, violent crime has actually declined in San Antonio this year, according to SAPD crime data. &#8220;When you talk about the incidence of crime, it&#8217;s all just so devilishly difficult to talk about what are the root causes of crime,&#8221; said Gerald S. Reamey, a retired professor at St. Mary&#8217;s Law School who also worded in law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a public safety town hall Monday, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales blamed the recent string of shootings of San Antonio police officers on the state&#8217;s open-carry firearms law, which he said prompted a rise in violent crime. However, at least one legal expert questions that logic, saying multiple factors played into the shootings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}