He phrased it with the firearms described in some detail before bringing up criminals. That tends to indicate he sees the firearms as the problem before the criminals, and if you read enough statements by anti-gunners, they parse things the same way.
YMMV
Ya better watch the video again there Joe...
Regarding the question leading up to it, he was first told ya about 80 percent of the homicides and all other crimes are committed by African Americans...