Dems Should Be Tying Rising Crime/ Homicide Rates to Increase in Gun Sales

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Those of you who have followed Filosofa’s Word for any length of time know that guns, America’s gun culture, and the lack of any meaningful gun regulation in this country is my top #1 pet peeve. Republicans whine about rising crime and lay the blame everywhere but where it belongs – if they looked in the Republican mirror, they would see the root of the problem. Our friend Gronda posits that the Democrats should be doing more to show the American public/voters how those crime rates are driven almost exclusively by an increase in guns and she makes her point with spot on precision. Thank you, Gronda!

Gronda Morin

Dems definitely cannot cede to the GOP MAGA candidates the high ground as they message a blame game against incumbent democrats seeking elected office regarding the increase in US homicide/ crime rates since 2019 especially since this increase can be tied to the huge increase in gun sales since 2019.  Yes, not only is the increase in crime an economic issue but also, the human cost in increased anxiety is incalculable. This angst is real.

See: Does Crime Affect Economic Growth? | Request PDF – ResearchGate

But what GOP MAGA political leaders fail to point out is that as per USFacts.org, that while violent crime was up 3.3% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to preliminary data from the FBI’s quarterly Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system, this increase also reflects a 25% increase in the homicide rate. As an added tidbit, property crime decreased by 7.9% in 2020.

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  2. There has been a steady promotion of what I call “vocal violence” as a solution since Gingrich and his word list moving to a greater presence since the Tea Party and normalized with Trump. The next step is actual violence which happens in a state of mind where vocal violence is an acceptable response.

    This I believe explains the greater crime rates in red states, states that voted for Trump. Mix this vocal violence with the southern civil war identification and civil war becomes an ideal to be used.

    Guns just make it easier to act on the vocal violence. I do not discount all the other social such as poverty, inequality etc. They are fuel for the expression of the vocal violence.

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    • I agree with most all you say, however I would argue that we have already moved into a state of actual violence if you consider the January 6th insurrection, the threats by the Proud Boys and other white supremacist groups, the voter intimidation that has only just begun in Arizona. And it is aided and abetted by the likes of Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham and others who not-so-subtly hint that violence is right around the corner.

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  3. how do you account for 54 people being shot this weekend in Chicago, a city where they have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country? Will anyone say the names of the 11 people who died from gun violence? if not, why not?

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    • You’re asking me to account for the 51 people shot in Chicago over the weekend? Um … Scott … it isn’t for me to ‘account for’ … but the obvious conclusion from where I stand, some 300 miles away, is that there are still too damn many guns. Either the laws aren’t being enforced or people are finding ways to get around them. And this, my friend, is one of the many reasons we need tough federal gun laws that do not rely on the states but are implemented at the federal level. If it pleases you, I will publish the names of the ten people who died, though some have not yet been released. Here’s what I have: Darius Davis – Black male age 28; Rishiwn Hendricks – Black male age 16; Joshua Stokes – Black male age 18; James Fisher – Black male age 29. The others are listed as ‘unknown’ at this time.

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      • you make some credible points and I’d guess that people are getting around the laws which means that another approach might want to be considered. How does more laws resolve the issue if the existing laws are being disregarded in the first place? How do you propose that politicians force people to obey the laws we already have? the short answer is that you can’t. Does this mean there shouldn’t be laws/ no, anyone who would suggest such a thing isn’t reasonable but it still stands to question the logic of implementing more laws? Where does it stop?

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        • Well, for starters we need to tighten the laws on who can buy a gun and how they are licensed. Anybody with a history of crime or domestic violence should never own a gun. There should be periodic testing requirements just as there are for a drivers’ license. Concealed guns in public should be outlawed, as should assault rifles. It would take time, but eventually those who abuse the privilege would lose their guns and permits and I firmly believe that it would not take long before we saw gun violence dropping. And these 3-D kits that allow people to make a gun at home should be absolutely taboo. Guns in a public venue should be outlawed and stores should have a “no guns” policy across the board. But, unless this is done at a federal level, overriding states lack of legislation, it won’t be effective.

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        • Oh the original purchase rules are being followed. It’s been very hard to buy a gun in Chicago for a long time. Step outside the city limits, and it’s a different story. Just outside the limits in Riverdale, Illinois, sits Chuck’s Gun Shop, which in at least one year, sold 20% of the guns taken from gang members.
          Illinois gun laws too difficult? Head over to Indiana, a half-hourish drive from Chicago. There, anyone can get a gun. Literally. Indiana doesn’t have any gun show buying rules, so if Charlie Manson were still alive and not still in jail, he could buy a gun at an Indiana gun show, he’d just need to find the right seller, and the right seller is out there.

          What’s just as irritating is, the only reason Chicago keeps coming up is the raw number. Chicago’s murder rate is in the top 10, but not top 9, so why don’t we hear about those places? Memphis? Kansas City? St Louis where three times as many murders (per capita) happen every year?

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    • Have you ever been to Chicago? If you drive south of the city you will cross the Indiana state line in less than a half hour. Indiana has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country, It doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to figure out the origin of all the guns in south Chicago.

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    • True … rising poverty which has a direct connection to the rising wealth of the top 10% … the same 10% the Republicans are so keen to give another boost or two. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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  6. Unless, people who are, next-of-kin of higher up Republican officials die from getting shot, making them realize, how guns are more harmful than a necessity item in every house across America, they will, always and forever, vote against, gun-control, and one more reason why they are against the gun-control laws, may simply be, that, it’s the Democrats who’d, drafted up that, paricular, bill, and, they don’t want the Democrats to, get the, credit.

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    • Even under those circumstances, they would still support completely unregulated gun rights. A congressman, Steve Scalise, was shot in 2017 while playing in a charity baseball game, and yet today even he has voted against any and all gun regulations. They’ve had ample opportunities to draft their own gun regulation bills and not once have they done so. No, they will hold onto their guns tighter than they will hold onto their own children. Sigh.

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