
Democrats Blaming Crime Epidemic on ‘Law-Abiding Gun Owners’ Instead of ‘Soft on Crime’ Policies: Gun Rights Group
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are trying to blame the violent crime epidemic sweeping through various parts of the nation on “law-abiding gun owners,” as opposed to their “soft on crime” policies, according to representatives of a gun rights organization. The National Association for Gun Rights, which aims to bring an end to what it says is a “radical anti-gun agenda” across the United States, made the comments following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on violence involving guns on Nov. 28. During the hearing, which was led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), lawmakers discussed whether or not violence involving guns should be treated as a public health emergency, with officials noting that there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2022, of which more than half were suicides....
