death and mayhem on our streets. it s an outrage. it has to end. and we ll end it. period. joining me now is chris brown, united against gun violence, and welcome back to the broadcast, look at the homicide rates, it is extraordinary, up 49% since 2019, 24% in just this last year. we re also seeing a 22% spike in gun assaults. what do you think is causing this deadly and terrifying spree? it s likely a combination of several factors, alex. during the pandemic, the worst days of the pandemic, over the last year, we saw 64% increase in gun sales across this country, and we have unfortunately a real problem that president biden is addressing, in his remarks the other day, he was talking about executive actions, he is putting atf and d.o.j. in charge, of
agreed on a frame work, and we re going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. the white house confirmed tomorrow s meeting taking place just before senators leave town for their two-week recess. there s more on this glimmer of partisan process just ahead. biden also putting his weight behind fighting a surge in violent crimes. homicides up 24%. gun assaults, 22%. over the same period last year. late today the president and attorney general outline a new anti-crime strategy focused on getting more money to police departments and violence intervention programs while cracking down on so-called rogue gun dealers. zero tolerance for gun dealers who willfully violate existing laws. if you willfully fail to run a
regarding specifically specifically around law enforcement. but what did we see with president obama in his administration, as there were very sensitive discussions happening about immigration reform. he took executive action that according to republicans at the time spoiled the atmosphere and made it impossible to move forward. it s something that s very difficult and very much they need to keep in mind here, geoff. and chief best, looking at the numbers, in the first quarter of this year, compared to 2020, there s been a 24% increase in homicides. and a 22% increase in gun assaults, the rate of gun assaults compared to 2019 homicides are up by 49%. this is post pandemic, obviously. there s no one answer to what causes an uptick in crime. but what do you make of this trend? you re exactly right. there is no one size fits all answer for what what we re seeing in an uptick in violence. and i think most researchers
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in the u.k., crime saw its biggest annual decrease in a decade. in sweden and russia, crime dropped too. even in mexico, which is in the middle of a drug war, there were fewer homicides in 2020 the end there were in 2019. so for normal countries, pretty much all countries, the pandemic meant more netflix, but less killing. not here. in the united states, the opposite happened. a lot of netflix, even more killings. you are seeing the data on your screen right now. it s from a nonprofit called the council on criminal justice and research from missouri. it says that the homicide rate, killings spiked in late may. well after the pandemic began. according to counsel in criminal justice, homicides, aggravated assaults, gun assaults were significant libyan in in late may and june 2020. they jumped by 34% in the fall when compared to the previous summer and fall.