On Wednesday, Baltimore recorded its 211th homicide when a man was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a vacant building in the same area hit by April's riots. This latest death toll marks more murders so far this year than for the entirety of 2014.
Partly to blame for the uptick in homicides, according to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, is what she calls "strands of rivalry and retaliation" of gang violence. But she has another target in mind as well; more gun control laws.
While the mayor acknowledges that Baltimore already boasts some of the country's strictest gun laws, it's the laws in other states that are too lax. Calling for a "national response," Rawlings-Blake set her sights on federal gun laws:
CLICK FOR MOREWhat I am saying (is) the current approach -- the state-by-state approach -- has not been effective.
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