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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones Privately Admits Gun Control Won’t Lower Crime
Breitbart ^ | July 10, 2023 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 07/10/2023 10:25:22 AM PDT by lowbridge

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones (D) is in damage control mode after an open records request revealed private text messages in which Jones noted the ineffectiveness of gun control in cities such as Chicago.

The text messages appear to counter a pro-gun control stance Jones has publicly maintained after high profile firearm-related crimes in her city.

KSDK reported that one of the text messages was drawn from “a chat” with her father on March 21, 2023. Jones’s message noted, “Chicago has strict gun laws as well but that doesn’t deter gun violence.”

The text message is being contrasted with a statement Jones made on gun control last month, in which she said, “Our state’s lax gun laws make our challenge even more difficult. … The legislature’s lack of action on gun safety laws encourages the proliferation of guns on our streets and puts our responding officers directly in harm’s way.”

On June 3, 2022, the St. Louis Government’s website posted a proclamation from Jones, declaring June 3 as “Gun Violence Awareness Day.”

Jones used the proclamation to push universal background checks, an “assault weapons” ban, and a red flag law.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; secondamendment
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1 posted on 07/10/2023 10:25:22 AM PDT by lowbridge
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OMG - some democrat has figured out we have a 'CRIMINAL PROBLEM' not a 'GUN' problem. Pigs flying.

We don't need fewer guns - we need fewer criminals.

2 posted on 07/10/2023 10:27:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (Stop 'gun violence' by stopping and incarcerating criminals.)
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To: lowbridge

What? NO WAY!!!!!


3 posted on 07/10/2023 10:28:44 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: lowbridge

RE: Jones’s message noted, “Chicago has strict gun laws as well but that doesn’t deter gun violence.”

That coffee has been brewing for decades and this guy finally woke up and smelled it. ☕


4 posted on 07/10/2023 10:28:56 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: lowbridge

She will be gone soon for that comment


5 posted on 07/10/2023 10:29:36 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: lowbridge

The truth is that the motive for passing gun laws is that liberals hate gun owners even more than criminals or Republicans, and the reason they hate gun owners is because they are defiant and unapologetic. That’s it.


6 posted on 07/10/2023 10:30:46 AM PDT by Spok (“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”)
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To: lowbridge

oh oh- Tishaura is gonna be ostracized by the left now for looking at facts and coming to a reasonable conclusion


7 posted on 07/10/2023 10:32:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: lowbridge
It[gun Control] is not supposed to lower crime. Its [gun control's] purpose is to render law abiding people unable to defend themselves from the acts of criminals. And to control the serfs. Only a fool[unfortunately, there are a plethora of those today] believes gun control lowers or prevents crime.
8 posted on 07/10/2023 10:34:03 AM PDT by sport
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To: lowbridge

Gun laws only keep guns out of the hands of the law abiding who need them to protect themselves from criminals who do not obey gun laws.


9 posted on 07/10/2023 10:34:25 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: sport

They will never go into the hood and confiscate guns from there.


10 posted on 07/10/2023 10:37:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lowbridge

Let’s go with what macron learned.
His police got into a war with rioters only to learn the immigrants showed up with ak47s and heavy guns.


11 posted on 07/10/2023 10:50:26 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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The best thing government can do for those living in poor conditions is to make there be plenty of jobs.

It’s like chess. Government has then made its move. Then it’s time for individuals to make a move.

I heard this thought as a sermon. There it was God instead of Government.


12 posted on 07/10/2023 10:51:36 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

The best thing government can do for those living in poor conditions is to RESTRICT ALL IMMIGRATION, BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL.


13 posted on 07/10/2023 10:53:11 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ronnie raygun

Yep. She stepped off the plantation.


14 posted on 07/10/2023 10:53:51 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: himno hero

Yes and the illegals in France are using belt fed weapons etc that were supposed to go to the Ukraine.


15 posted on 07/10/2023 11:00:37 AM PDT by oldasrocks (uit )
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To: lowbridge

It’s only to help democrat’s biggest supporters , Criminals


16 posted on 07/10/2023 11:11:14 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: GOPJ

Needs to be a bumper sticker-—


17 posted on 07/10/2023 11:13:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: central_va

CORRECT


18 posted on 07/10/2023 11:14:09 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: oldasrocks

So, with gun control the criminals have guns while the majority are at their mercy.

Shows the value of gun control.

The criminals will control the guns and direction of society.

Here? Now? The criminals are the government. Wanna fight? I have F-16s.


19 posted on 07/10/2023 11:29:47 AM PDT by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: cymbeline

Many of them don’t want those jobs. They want a welfare check. Many of them couldn’t even good jobs if offered because they couldn’t pass a drug test. Thank a Demonrat for laying waste to the Black community.


20 posted on 07/10/2023 12:27:15 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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