Simpson: Democrats' Gun Control Statistics Don't Add Up

Gun control activists rally near the U.S. Capitol calling for a federal ban on assault weapons in Washington, D.C., on July 13. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

By    |   Thursday, 21 July 2022 06:33 AM EDT ET

Democrats, and some Republicans, are playing politics and twisting numbers when it comes to gun crime, predictably repeating some of the same Beltway behavior I witnessed as a budget examiner in the 1990s.

Working for the White House Office of Management and Budget, I oversaw the budgets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. I knew most members of the agency's leadership, including some of those involved in the ATF raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

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Democrats, and some Republicans, are playing politics and twisting numbers when it comes to gun crime, predictably repeating some of the same Beltway behavior I witnessed as a budget examiner in the 1990s.
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