American Thinker by Andrea Widburg 6/24/2021
With murder rates skyrocketing in major American cities, Joe Biden announced his “gun crime prevention strategy.” Because Democrats are opposed to punishments for crime, Biden was reduced to maligning the Second Amendment. Thankfully, he lacks the authority to grab our guns, but he managed a few chilling statements.
Violent crime has dramatically escalated in Democrat-run states and/or cities, where Democrats have released violent prisoners; defunded, hamstrung, and demoralized the police; decreased or done away with bail; and elected Soros-funded prosecutors who refuse to prosecute potential Democrat voters. As a Democrat, Biden was could not promote stiffer prison penalties, meaningful bail, and aggressive prosecution. However, he did concede that
police make a difference:
[C]ities experiencing an increase in gun violence were able to use the American Rescue Plan dollars to hire police officers needed for community policing and to pay their overtime.
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And for folks at home, the American Rescue Plan, which is a once-in-a-generation investment to reduce violence in America, is available. I’m proud of it. It means more police officers, more nurses, more counselors, more social workers, more community violence interrupters to help resolve issues before they escalate into crimes.
The real point of Biden’s speech, of course, was grabbing guns. (If the filibuster holds, Biden lacks the political might to pass gun-grabbing laws.) His problem is that the cities with the worst violent crime already have gun-grabbing laws.
More:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/bidens_gun_crime_prevention_speech_was_equal_parts_ludicrous_and_scary.html
