The rise in homicides across our state should be alarming to all of us. And while violence has many causes, a big factor is the ready availability of guns. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Homicides-suddenly-spiked-last-year-in-California-16304461.php … 1/
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As the article states, "Both Lofstrom and Taylor also pointed to an increase in gun sales as a potential factor — 2020 set the record for handguns sold in a year, according to state data, and roughly three-quarters of the year’s homicides were committed with guns." 2/
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"Garen Wintemute, an expert on gun violence and the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis, said that the increase in availability and number of firearms 'without a doubt' has to do with the increase in violence." 3/
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And many of the guns on our streets are deadly assault weapons. Law enforcement has warned about the impact these weapons have in our communities - and how they're presence has proliferated since the assault weapons ban was allowed to expire in 2004. https://abc7news.com/gun-violence-statistics-san-francisco-bay-area-assault-rifles-murder/10850493/ … 4/
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So hold on. Is it the legally purchased handguns or is it the high powered “assault style” guns? Oh you are after all the guns. I see. The legally purchased as well as the criminals.
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