The Left’s Favorite Gun Crime Talking
Point Gets Destroyed
Posted By: Hazymac, 11/30/2023 5:27:10 PM
In the ongoing debate over crime rates and gun control, one of the most common claims made by the left is that gun crime is worse in red states. During a Senate hearing this week, a so-called gun expert from Yale made the very same argument. “Why do you think that Chicago has become America’s largest outdoor shooting range?” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked Dr. Megan Ranney from Yale’s School of Public Health. “Do you think it’s because of Chicago citizens who have no criminal record but who have a gun in their home or perhaps for hunting, or do you think it is because of a finite group of criminals
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