Kansas City Star Argues For Gun Control & Against Sen. Josh Hawley

The newspaper offers familiar sentiments for taking guns away from innocent people. 

Conveniently, there's no mention of all the other gun laws already on the books and how/why they don't seem to work to prevent deadly violence . . . Especially in the urban core. 

Nevertheless . . .

It turns out KCMO's rising crime is Sen. Hawley's fault according to this screed dutifully published for the last remaining readers of the almost daily newspaper: 

"As a citizen, I am guaranteed numerous rights by the Constitution, including the right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court has determined that such a right exists, and I accept it as the law of the land. However, I think you would also agree with me that none of our rights — even those enshrined in the Constitution — is absolute. The government has an interest in regulating every single constitutional right. I must register to vote. I cannot defame my fellow citizens. You see my point. Every right has limits, especially in our case where more than 40,000 Americans have died this year from gun violence, including thousands of children.

"In your letter, you also emphasize the need to increase penalties for gun crime and to “fully fund” police departments. Two points here: First, the overwhelming body of research shows that increased criminal penalties do not deter crime. Second, you have only to look at Kansas City to see that more money does not mean less crime. KC is one of the Top 10 most dangerous cities in America (and our Democratic mayor has virtually no control over our police department, as you know) — and it is required to spend 25% of its general revenue on police, and some estimates put that figure much higher. Moreover, I have often heard that the police force’s job isn’t to prevent crimes, but to solve them. Unfortunately, this does not help to accomplish our goal of saving lives."

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