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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“‘This is why police want to get those guns off the street,’ said Hayward Police Chief Toney Chaplin”
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While San Francisco has not seen the sharp spike that some cities have experienced, that doesn't mean we aren't working to prevent these needless tragedies. 6/
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My office recently began an initiative to build on a statewide gun violence restraining order to remove firearms from those who pose a risk to themselves and others. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/New-program-in-S-F-would-help-remove-firearms-16226201.php … 7/
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And I appreciate that the Biden Administration is working to stop the proliferation of "ghost guns" and address gun violence. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/07/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-initial-actions-to-address-the-gun-violence-public-health-epidemic/ … 8/
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But we also need Congress to finally pass sensible gun reforms - popular reforms that have been blocked for a decade by Republican obstruction. Too many lives have been lost due to preventable gun violence. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/20/politics/senate-gun-control-negotiations/index.html … 9/
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We must keep moving forward to make our communities safer - and remember that more guns have made us all less safe. 10/10
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How about all the folks who died from hit and run drivers you have unleashed by refusing to charge parole violations, robberies, assaults and shoplifting? Should we take away all the cars too?
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