A 24-year-old was arrested Saturday for a shooting in Sacramento's Midtown — another violent crime in a state that has disarmed law-abiding citizens while criminals operate without resistance.
According to CBS News, officers responded to Kayak Alley and 21st Street just before 3 a.m. Saturday and found a man who had been shot. His injuries were not life-threatening. Following an investigation, Jourdain Tucker was arrested that afternoon and booked into county jail on charges related to the shooting.
California has among the strictest gun control regimes in the nation. None of those laws stopped a shooter from opening fire in a populated area at 3 a.m. They only guarantee that anyone nearby who might have defended themselves was disarmed by the state.
The real question now: will Sacramento County prosecutors follow through? Progressive DAs across California have made a habit of reducing charges, declining to prosecute, or letting violent offenders back onto the streets. Tucker has been booked. Whether he stays behind bars or walks is now in the DA's hands.
This isn't isolated. In Dallas, 28-year-old Samarius Johnson was shot multiple times and killed Friday night near South Tyler Street, FOX 4 News reported. The suspect fled. No arrest. In Hyattsville, Maryland, 18-year-old Omar Jonathan Ventura Ajbal was gunned down Thursday morning in a neighborhood park, according to WTOP. Police are still identifying suspects. In both cases, the people who pulled the triggers remain free.
And in Alexandria, Virginia, Breitbart reported that a registered sex offender confessed to killing Fox News video editor Joshua Cochran — bludgeoning him and stuffing his body in a closet. John Stremple III, 63, was convicted of sodomy against a minor in 2014, yet was walking free to kill again. Police say Stremple gave an "immediate confession" when detectives knocked on his door.
The through-line is clear: laws don't stop criminals. Enforcement does. And across the country, the enforcement pipeline is broken — from registered sex offenders free to murder, to shooters in states with the toughest gun laws facing no resistance and, too often, no real consequences.
Tucker sits in a Sacramento County jail cell tonight. The DA's next move will tell you whether California's justice system exists to protect the public or to protect the perpetrators.
