Democrats Blaming Crime Epidemic on ‘Law-Abiding Gun Owners’ Instead of ‘Soft on Crime’ Policies: Gun Rights Group

Published on December 1, 2023

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....