{"id":111626,"date":"2025-08-14T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111626"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:55:02","slug":"111626","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111626","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/make-it-make-sense-gun-grabbers-come-out-against-fighting-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make it make sense: Gun grabbers come out against fighting crime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A gun control nonprofit that wants to disarm Americans has come out against President Donald Trump\u2019s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, known these days as Brady: United Against Gun Violence, issued a lengthy statement on Monday condemning Trump\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-to-send-fbi-on-night-patrols-in-dc-rolling-out-plans-in-am-presser-1575197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing D.C. crime crackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bluesky-embed\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:xsvngm3ihhp3apxgutfj3l65\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lw5rcej5o22a?id=16298894114659135&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Famericanwirenews.com%252Fmake-it-make-sense-gun-grabbers-come-out-against-fighting-crime%252F&amp;colorMode=system\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-bluesky-id=\"16298894114659135\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The statement began by describing the one-day Jan. 6 riot as \u201cthe worst outbreak of mass violence in recent District memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that only one person died during the riot: Rioter Ashli Babbitt. Meanwhile, 99 people have been murdered in D.C. this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued by using possibly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2025\/08\/08\/you-dont-say-d-c-police-commander-placed-on-leave-for-allegedly-fudging-crime-stats-1574718\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsified crime data<\/a>\u00a0to claim violent crime in D.C. \u201chas fallen precipitously since 2023 and were at a 30-year low the day the president returned to the Oval Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilariously, the statement attributed this alleged low to the Biden administration\u2019s otherwise widely panned policy decisions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1954996209271312510&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Fmake-it-make-sense-gun-grabbers-come-out-against-fighting-crime%2F&amp;sessionId=fe07036f3ade15a080ae014c257667ccb0efbb4f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1954996209271312510\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/08\/fact-yes-d-c-crime-is-out-of-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a>, the reality is that \u201cD.C.\u2019s murder rate is roughly three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-run Havana, Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement from Brady president Kris Brown concluded with her suggesting that Trump\u2019s federal police are the ones \u201cendanger[ing]\u201d D.C. residents, not the hordes of violent criminals\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2025\/08\/13\/this-is-personal-msnbc-analyst-goes-off-on-how-frustrated-dc-residents-are-with-juvenile-crime-1575853\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running the streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot allow the president to suggest that federalized police is an appropriate response to any and all challenges; or that federalized police do not further endanger the public, especially Black and Brown communities who live and work in or visit D.C.,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>So, in other words, the same people who want to disarm Americans, thus making them prey to criminals, also want to effectively disarm the police, making residents even more prey to criminals. It makes no sense, especially when you factor in how the locals actually feel.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, dozens of business groups with offices in D.C. penned a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser expressing \u201cdeep concern about the alarming increase in violent crime across our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1955425650690625840&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Fmake-it-make-sense-gun-grabbers-come-out-against-fighting-crime%2F&amp;sessionId=fe07036f3ade15a080ae014c257667ccb0efbb4f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1955425650690625840\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD.C. is quickly becoming a national outlier in rising crime, and the trends are alarming,\u201d the letter read. \u201cOur organizations are primarily based in the downtown business district, where there have been horrifying acts of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnocent people in neighborhoods across the city have been targeted in robberies, carjackings, and seemingly random acts of violence,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton has also raised concerns about the city\u2019s violent crime epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with the President in recognizing that Washington, D.C., cannot continue on this trajectory,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cCrime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated this during an appearance this week on Fox News\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/america-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America Reports<\/a>\u201c:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1954977493925945834&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Fmake-it-make-sense-gun-grabbers-come-out-against-fighting-crime%2F&amp;sessionId=fe07036f3ade15a080ae014c257667ccb0efbb4f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1954977493925945834\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for Brady, last year it also came out against self-defense, arguing that guns \u201care rarely used successfully in self-defense.\u201d The stunning claim prompted a fact-check from Breitbart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcademic work by Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck shows that, at a minimum, guns are used to protect life and property at least 760,000 times a year,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2024\/04\/11\/fact-check-brady-campaign-falsely-claims-guns-are-rarely-used-successfully-in-self-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact-check<\/a>\u00a0reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make it make sense: Gun grabbers come out against fighting crime A gun control nonprofit that wants to disarm Americans has come out against President Donald Trump\u2019s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, known these days as Brady: United Against Gun Violence, issued a lengthy statement on Monday condemning Trump\u2019s\u00a0ongoing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111626\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,9,111,108,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-scratch-a-lib-find-a-hypocrite","category-scratch-a-lib-find-a-moron","category-you-cant-make-this-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111627,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111626\/revisions\/111627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}