MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid Blames Republicans for Chicago Gun Violence

SPEAKER I chase people ░░░░░░░░ New York They used ░░░░░░░░ throw the guns away ░░░░░░░░ chase people here in ░░░░░░░░ They keep the guns ░░░░░░░░ they turn on our ░░░░░░░░ REID That sends a ░░░░░░░░ Is it broad in ░░░░░░░░ It s concentrated This ░░░░░░░░ shows where the shootings ░░░░░░░░ place Now note that ░░░░░░░░ are concentrated on Chicago ░░░░░░░░ South and West sides ░░░░░░░░ you live in the ░░░░░░░░ affluent north side of ░░░░░░░░ it s possible you ░░░░░░░░ t even think about ░░░░░░░░ crime because it hardly ░░░░░░░░ happens where you live ░░░░░░░░ this weekend four shootings ░░░░░░░░ including one not far ░░░░░░░░ the Mayor s residence ░░░░░░░░ leaders blame their homicide ░░░░░░░░ on gangs and on ░░░░░░░░ guns Police confiscate thousands ░░░░░░░░ illegal guns every year ░░░░░░░░ in May the City ░░░░░░░░ voted unanimously to toughen ░░░░░░░░ city s gun laws ░░░░░░░░ more including strengthening an ░░░░░░░░ weapons ban According to ░░░░░░░░ city from 2009 to ░░░░░░░░ sixty percent of the ░░░░░░░░ used to commit crimes ░░░░░░░░ Chicago were originally bought ░░░░░░░░ of state mainly in ░░░░░░░░ Mississippi and Wisconsin Three ░░░░░░░░ the top four sources ░░░░░░░░ guns recovered in Chicago ░░░░░░░░ gun dealers in Illinois ░░░░░░░░ near Chicago This comes ░░░░░░░░ Chicago s murder rate ░░░░░░░░ s actually down from ░░░░░░░░ record five hundred plus ░░░░░░░░ in 2012 and four ░░░░░░░░ and forty last year ░░░░░░░░ Chicago isn t even ░░░░░░░░ nation s most violent ░░░░░░░░ On a per capita ░░░░░░░░ that dubious honor goes ░░░░░░░░ Detroit and New Orleans ░░░░░░░░ is what eighty two ░░░░░░░░ looks like And that ░░░░░░░░ in just three days ░░░░░░░░ Chicago including the sixteen ░░░░░░░░ who died This is ░░░░░░░░ the epidemic if it ░░░░░░░░ to go up this ░░░░░░░░ what the epidemic looks ░░░░░░░░ And what are we ░░░░░░░░ about this epidemic anything ░░░░░░░░ all We re right ░░░░░░░░ in Congress Senior Republicans ░░░░░░░░ floating an amendment to ░░░░░░░░ Federal Land Hunting bill ░░░░░░░░ among other things would ░░░░░░░░ it easier to transport ░░░░░░░░ across state lines which ░░░░░░░░ buyers in Chicago and ░░░░░░░░ the country will probably ░░░░░░░░ them for We re ░░░░░░░░ not doing anything to ░░░░░░░░ gun violence in America ░░░░░░░░ So this death toll ░░░░░░░░ only going to get ░░░░░░░░