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Posted on 04/29/2022 7:49:09 AM PDT by rellimpank
Violent crimes like murders have plagued the U.S. over the last two years, and many experts blame the fallout from the pandemic and 2020’s summer of protests and riots following the death of George Floyd.
The New York Times recently argued that 2020’s skyrocketing increase in legal gun purchases has also contributed to the spikes, an explanation experts are pouring cold water on.
"First off, let's go back 30 years," the Heritage Foundation’s Charles Stimson told Fox News Digital in a phone interview this month. "For the last 27, 29 years, our country has had a dramatic decrease in violent crime. Violent crime peaked in 1992-93, and it has been on the wane ever since then — until recently.
"That and that alone rebuts [The New York Times’] argument that increased legal gun ownership has contributed to this spike in crime. What, they didn't do it for 30 years? Even though they bought tens of millions of guns between 92 and now."
Stimson was reacting to an April 17 piece published by The New York Times detailing the increase in violence seen in the U.S. since 2020. The article attributed three reasons to help explain the increase in violence, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption to daily life it brought, as well as the "high-profile police killings of 2020 and the protests that followed."
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The New York Times is a ‘sexual weirdo’ paper - and when they stray from that area of expertise they suck... no pun intended.
The NY Times didn’t break gun crimes down by Democrat vs. Republican areas? White vs black areas? Hmmm....
When bad behavior is NOT punished-—You get more bad behavior....
Especially after years of “PARTICIPATION TROPHIES”
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Doesn’t it stand to reason that if legal guns are causing gun crimes then the New York Times should immediately read all of it security guards of their guns?
It couldn’t have anything to do with zero cash bail where criminals are released as soon as their mug shot and fingerprints are taken....
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