There’s no such thing as gun violence. Guns are inanimate objects which require a human to discharge them. Funny that this seems to happen primarily in areas run by Democrats
Chicago Mayor Blames Other States With ‘No Gun Control’ for City’s Increasing Violence
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has blamed her city’s worsening gun violence crisis on neighboring states with less regulation on guns, calling on President Donald Trump for support through firearms legislation and community investment—not the deployment of federal forces.
In an interview with CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Lightfoot called the president’s offer to “solve” Chicago’s soaring murder rate by sending in 50,000 to 75,000 federal personnel to the city “classic Trump hyperbole.” She argued the issue lies with an influx of firearms from outside of Illinois, where she said 60 percent of the city’s guns originate.
“We are being inundated with guns from states that have virtually no gun control, no background checks, no ban on assault weapons,” Lightfoot said.
“That is hurting cities like Chicago,” she added. “That is the thing that if the president wanted to help and the other things I identified in my letter he could do today, tomorrow but he is not really interested in helping in that way.”
Um, every state has background checks. They’re required federally. Perhaps Lightfoot could tell us which states, specifically, that she’s talking about. Obviously, the non-journalists at CNN failed to ask her that basic question, a “prove it” question. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was correct, though, however, most of those guns are not ones purchased legally, but stolen.
With Chicago on track to have its deadliest year in two decades, the United States’ third-largest city has made headlines for rampant shootings that have already killed more than 400 people. Trump’s response has been to institute a “surge” of federal law enforcement officers from Department of Justice agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as forces from the Department of Homeland Security.
One has to wonder: why aren’t the criminals in Chicago following all the super-restrictive gun laws of the city of Chicago and State of Illinois? The only ones who seem to be following the law are the normal non-criminal folks, who are left unarmed against the violence in Chicago.
Of course, the vast majority of the “gun violence” is in black neighborhoods, and the majority shot, and the majority killed, are blacks, and even a black Democratic mayor doesn’t really seem to care, but, that’s par for the course with Democrats.
