Posted on 06/13/2021 10:44:20 AM PDT by rellimpank
the country has seen a wave of gun-related deaths as it reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive for NBC News, firearm deaths increased by 15 percent last month compared to the same period in 2019.
Republicans have attributed the rise in violence to progressive efforts to reform and in some cases direct funds away from police departments. But Democrats say gun policies are at the heart of the issue.
"At the moment there's so many examples of irresponsible gun ownership, people having easy access to guns. It sort of makes the case," said University of New Haven criminal justice professor Michael Lawlor, who also served as a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Democrats point to polling that shows more Americans in favor of stricter gun control regulations. Eighty-four percent of voters, including 77 percent of Republicans, say they support gun buyers having to go through a background check, according to a March Morning Consult poll.
"It's very much become sort of a triple threat," said Charlie Kelly, a senior political adviser to the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. "It mobilizes voters, it persuades, and it's also increasingly becoming a litmus test issue where if a candidate is not supportive of gun safety measures, they're basically disqualified as a choice for a voter."
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Increased problems due to Democrat policies spurs call for more Democrat policies.
In bizarro world.
Correction: MSM has a flawed view of crime they regurgitate for their gun control agenda.
For libs, it rejuvenates gun control talk.
For the rest of us with brains, it rejuvennates talk about getting rid of libs.
I’m cool with that.
Take the guns from criminals.
Let’s establish regional sand pits. Anyone committing violent crime with a firearm gets the death penalty, preferably that day or within a week tops.
Yes, let’s enact some new gun laws.
Yeah because if there weren’t any guns there wouldn’t be any crime right? They know exactly what they are doing.
Street thugs and burglars pose no threat to the government. Whether they butcher innocents with guns or knives is irrelevant to the bureaucrat. The greatest impediment to any authority is the citizenry’s ability to fight back. The government will make criminals out of all of us if that’s what it takes to defang righteous Americans.
Looks like Mr. Kelly and Rep. Lawler have tin ears.
These people are either stupid or evil...
They're both.
Arson isn't 'fire violence'.
Rape isn't 'penis violence'.
Murder isn't 'gun violence'.
White Liberal Elites giving criminals MORE power while taking power away from cops feeds violence.
I say it’s both!
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