{"id":404703,"date":"2021-04-09T18:58:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T22:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=404703"},"modified":"2021-04-09T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T22:58:16","slug":"watch-tucker-carlson-explains-how-democrats-are-making-gun-violence-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-explains-how-democrats-are-making-gun-violence-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains How \u2018Democrats Are Making Gun Violence Possible\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-tucker-carlson-explains-how-democrats-are-making-gun-violence-possible%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=404703&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1187.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson on Thursday blasted Democrats and President Joe Biden\u2019s ATF Director nominee, David Chipman, for \u201cmaking gun violence possible\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News host cited D.C. Police Commander John Haines\u2019 directive for law enforcement officers to focus on looking for illegal firearms as a prime example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party that thinks guns cause violence is no longer pulling them off the street. Why? Because it\u2019s racially insensitive,\u201d Carlson explained. \u201cAren\u2019t they telling us out of the other side of their mouth that our guns are their problem? Right. <em>Your<\/em> guns. Not the criminal\u2019s guns. <em>Your<\/em> guns. Because you\u2019re the criminal now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite having some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, Chicago has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/the-most-dangerous-cities-in-america\/#:~:text=Chicago%2C%20Illinois&amp;text=The%20violent%20crime%20rate%20in%20Chicago%20is%20943%20per%20100%2C000%20residents.\">consistently ranked<\/a> one of the most dangerous cities in America. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-shootings-spike-again-in-march-four-cops-shot-as-crime-wave-continues\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported, Chicago has seen an uptick in violence, with 298 shooting victims so far in 2021. This time last year, that number sat at 175 victims.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has repeatedly said violence in the city is a result of firearms that were purchased in other states and illegally brought into Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything [the Democrats] say is untrue and provably so,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cThere\u2019s no issue in which they lie more than this one, which tells you a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Carlson, Lightfoot\u2019s statement about out-of-state guns is \u201ca shocking lie\u201d that can be proven false with \u201cChicago\u2019s own data. Most violent crimes in Illinois are committed with guns purchased in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot and the Democrats pushing gun control, however, are focused on so-called \u201cassault rifles,\u201d even though the majority of violent crimes in the Windy City are carried out with semi-automatic handguns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRifles are not a real threat in Chicago and they have not been in a long time, if ever,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s most recent data, from 2011, shows that just <em>one<\/em> murder took place with a rifle. The reason Lightfoot and her colleagues are laser-focused on \u201cassault weapons,\u201d according to Carlson, is because average Americans own them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what they want to take away. Why? Because <em>you<\/em> own it, not the criminals,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Chicago\u2019s gun violence can be traced back to Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx, who dropped cases with serious gun crimes \u201cas a matter of policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not worried about gun crime. They\u2019re worried about you protecting yourself. And not just in Chicago, but across the country,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cCriminals who commit violence with guns are going free. Murders are hitting record levels. Meanwhile, you haven\u2019t hurt anyone. You haven\u2019t done anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not trying to control guns,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to control you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats were serious about getting to the root cause of \u201cgun violence,\u201d they would prosecute those who lie on the ATF\u2019s 4473 form, which is required to complete a background check. They would charge felons who are using firearms to commit crimes, not just for the act \u2013 like burglary or carjacking \u2013 but also for using a gun to carry out their crime.<\/p>\n<p>They could start out with prosecuting Hunter Biden<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gun-control-loving-democrats-should-be-calling-for-hunter-bidens-prosecution\"> for lying<\/a> on his 4473 background check form and illegally obtaining a firearm.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beth Baumann is a Political Reporter at The Daily Wire. Follow her on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eb454\">@eb454<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News\u2019 Tucker Carlson on Thursday blasted Democrats and President Joe Biden\u2019s ATF Director nominee, David Chipman, for \u201cmaking gun violence possible\u201d in the United States.The Fox News host cited &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311943,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1187.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains How \u2018Democrats Are Making Gun Violence Possible\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1187.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains How \u2018Democrats Are Making Gun Violence Possible\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}