Police Chief James Craig: More guns could equal less crime in Detroit

Police Chief James Craig: More guns could equal less crime in Detroit | MLive.com:

But first-year Police Chief James Craig takes a slightly different approach. 

He says in the hands of legal, law-abiding citizens, firearms "could be a deterrence to violent crime."

...........Craig in previous interviews said he changed his mind on gun laws -- from a more conservative stance -- after he became the chief in Portland, Me., a place he called "one of the safest places in America," and one with a high number of concealed weapon permits.

"I say that because of my experience now in my fourth city, seeing good Americans, good Detroiters that have CCWs and what effect that has had on deterring violent crime," Craig said Thursday responding to Hines. 

"Given what I saw coming into the door her in Detroit, the fact that the city has been (touted) as one of the most violent cities in America... we still have incident after incident where individuals like elderly people get dragged out of their cars at gunpoint."