{"id":1970886,"date":"2023-07-12T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-control-mayors-office-in-damage-control-mode-after-private-text-messages-go-public\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:42:01","slug":"pro-gun-control-mayors-office-in-damage-control-mode-after-private-text-messages-go-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-control-mayors-office-in-damage-control-mode-after-private-text-messages-go-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor&#8217;s Office scrambles to control damage after private pro-gun-control text messages are exposed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-gun-control-mayors-office-in-damage-control-mode-after-private-text-messages-go-public%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Pro-Gun-Control Mayor&#8217;s Office in Damage Control Mode After Private Text Messages Go Public<\/h2>\n<p>The Democratic mayor of St. Louis admitted in a private text message that gun control doesn\u2019t work, and now she is in damage control mode to prove she is every bit as radical as the rest of the people running America\u2019s large cities.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/st-louis-reinstates-mask-mandate-state-ag-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tishaura Jones<\/a> has been on the record making proclamations that her crime-ridden city would be safer if only her party had the power to ban firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Privately, however, Jones told those closest to her they needed to look no farther than across the Missouri-Illinois state line at heavily gun-controlled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letts-walmart-flees-chicago-amid-rampant-crime-politicians-stop-bleeding-wont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> for evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-drug-traffickers-caught-attempting-to-smuggle-90m-worth-of-drugs-into-u-s\/\" title=\"Mexican drug traffickers caught attempting to smuggle M worth of drugs into U.S.\">gun control policies<\/a> had failed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChicago has strict gun laws as well but that doesn\u2019t deter gun violence,\u201d Jones wrote on March 21 in a group chat with her father and adviser Richard Callow, the outlet reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about investing in the people,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s private thoughts on gun control don\u2019t square with comments she has made in public.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, one teen was killed and nine other people were injured in downtown St. Louis during what was supposed to be a party in the notoriously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-going-die-st-louis-school-shooter-kills-2-wounds-others-shot-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent city<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones blamed the violence on two familiar foes: Republicans and the gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state\u2019s lax gun laws make our challenge even more difficult,\u201d Jones said after the shooting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/18\/us\/st-louis-shooting-killed-injured-juveniles\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor added, \u201cThe Missouri legislature failed to restrict minors from carrying guns, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-hud-secy-carson-announces-launch-of-new-conservative-non-profit\/\" title=\"Fmr. HUD Secy. Carson announces launch of new conservative non-profit\">common sense solution<\/a> to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-clinton-donor-charged-police-find-footage-disturbing-sex-crimes-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> isn\u2019t the only Democrat who believes in holding both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hillary-clinton-public-and-private-positions-2016-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public and private opinions<\/a> on the issues.<\/p>\n<p>In the days since Jones\u2019 shockingly sensible message became public, she has dialed it back and offered context through others, presumably to save herself from the ire of her fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/surprise-surprise-fact-checkers-donate-nearly-100-political-contributions-democrats-new-investigation-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGun laws are just one part of the solution,\u201d spokesman Nick Desideri said in a statement Friday, according to KSDK. \u201cThere\u2019s a difference between deterring behavior and making it harder to get firearms and weaponry; for example, there\u2019s no doubt that gun laws in the blue region around Newark help reduce violence as opposed to here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell also came to Jones\u2019 defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you take someone\u2019s text messages, you don\u2019t get the full context of what they \u2026 mean,\u201d he said in a statement obtained by KDSK. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve talked to Mayor Tishaura about this issue a lot of times. And she believes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-control-groups-applaud-bidens-nomination-of-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\" title=\"Gun Control Groups Applaud Biden's Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson\">common sense gun safety laws<\/a>, just as I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There has been no shortage of comments from Democrats defending the mayor, who accurately pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chicago-mayor-pushes-gun-control-policies-fix-crime-even-though-already-exist-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun control<\/a> doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>In an unfiltered and private forum, Jones acknowledged that Chicago\u2019s strict gun laws have failed to make a dent in the city\u2019s crime.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, those laws have made the issue worse as the people most likely to be armed are people who don\u2019t follow any laws, much less firearms laws.<\/p>\n<p>This is something that is discussed every Monday as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-entire-country-needs-watch-happening-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-control-mayors-office-in-damage-control-mode-after-private-text-messages-go-public\/\" title=\"Mayor's Office scrambles to control damage after private pro-gun-control text messages are exposed.\">weekend violence makes headlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But for the \u201cprogressive\u201d thought crime of making an admission that urban violence is about more than a trigger pull, Jones is now enlisting others to bolster her liberal credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, people will continue to be victimized by violent crime in St. Louis just as they will be in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>More families will suffer losing people they love while Democrats like Jones crusade against guns that have been legal in the U.S. since long before the issues of urban decay and deranged mass shooters.<\/p>\n<p>A root problem of all of this violence is one that Democrats are incapable of acknowledging: Today\u2019s boys are more likely than previous generations to grow up in secular homes without fathers.<\/p>\n<p>That problem can\u2019t be addressed by public leaders who deny the existence of God and argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-transgender-state-lawmaker-arrested-child-sex-abuse-image-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender<\/a> is part of some fluid spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>How can young boys be shaped into good men by their fathers if being a man is itself subjective? The left argues gender is a social construct, so what is a father?<\/p>\n<p>We can assume many Democrats have both public and private positions on those questions.<\/p>\n<p>The party will continue to use popular anti-Second Amendment rhetoric rather than face the wrath of liberal voters who are becoming increasingly radical.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will blame the guns, even though she is on the record acknowledging that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/philadelphia-shooting-suspect-told-police-killing-spree-help-fight-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence<\/a> is perpetrated by people and not by objects.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-gun-control-mayors-office-damage-control-mode-private-text-messages-go-public\/\">Pro-Gun-Control Mayor&#8217;s Office in Damage Control Mode After Private Text Messages Go Public<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Democratic mayor privately acknowledged gun control&#8217;s ineffectiveness, but is now striving to align herself with the radical stance of other city leaders. 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