defund the police” policies as part of the reason for the rise in crime in cities across the U.S.Hostin blamed Republicans for the rise in crime, citing their opposition to gun control measures proposed by Democrats.
She then claimed that there were actually higher levels of gun violence in states and cities controlled by Republicans than in those run by Democrats.Farah pushed back by stating that the top ten cities with the highest crime rates were all Democrat-controlled.The panel continued the discussion, with Hostin lamenting what she claimed was a lack of training for people handling guns without permits and Behar calling the notion that people in New York City could be allowed to carry a concealed firearm “insane.”Support for stricter gun laws has been going down, reaching its lowest point since 2014 last November with only 52% of Americans supporting the implementation of stricter gun control laws..
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