Kansas City Tradition: Blame Republicans For Deadly Urban Core Gun Violence

Here's the thing . . .

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WHITE DUDES FROM RURAL MISSOURI STACK UP BODIES ON KANSAS CITY'S EAST SIDE!!!

Meanwhile . . .

Mass shootings, club life gunfire, domestic violence and all manner of local vendettas have slain victims on local streets at a historic rate.

SHAME ON THE KANSAS CITY STAR FOR HELPING TO POLITICIZE YET ANOTHER HISTORIC SLAUGHTER!!!

We'd respect their journalism (luz) just a bit more if they came up with a new line.

Not-so-fun fact . . . Kansas City Star & lazy local politicos have been playing this blame game for years as the local death toll continues to mount.

Accordingly . . . 

Here's the latest volley and advocacy that doesn't have much in common with reality . . . 

But as the toll of gun violence has mounted in Kansas City and St. Louis in recent years, that power faces a growing challenge from anti-violence advocates, local leaders and others frustrated by what they say is a major obstacle to combating the daily rhythm of shootings in the two cities.

The Republican-controlled legislature’s sweeping control over gun laws – and its steady relaxation of restrictions – has spurred a nascent campaign to amend the Missouri Constitution to restore the ability of the state’s two biggest cities to set rules limiting guns. The effort, called Sensible Missouri, could pose the most serious threat to Jefferson City’s grip on firearms policy in recent memory.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City is 'awash in firearms' but Missouri bans local leaders from regulating guns

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and other Missouri mayors are set to meet this week to discuss gun violence and state laws stopping their cities from taking action to regulate firearms.