Make it make sense: Gun grabbers come out against fighting crime

A gun control nonprofit that wants to disarm Americans has come out against President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, known these days as Brady: United Against Gun Violence, issued a lengthy statement on Monday condemning Trump’s ongoing D.C. crime crackdown.

Pres. Trump has issued an order taking over D.C. law enforcement and deploying National Guard troops in a supposed attempt to crack down on crime and violence.

But the decision isn’t based in reality or facts. Violent crime in the city was at a 30-yr low before Trump returned to the Oval Office.

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— Brady | United Against Gun Violence (@bradyunited.org) August 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM

The statement began by describing the one-day Jan. 6 riot as “the worst outbreak of mass violence in recent District memory.”

Recall that only one person died during the riot: Rioter Ashli Babbitt. Meanwhile, 99 people have been murdered in D.C. this year alone.

The statement continued by using possibly falsified crime data to claim violent crime in D.C. “has fallen precipitously since 2023 and were at a 30-year low the day the president returned to the Oval Office.”

Hilariously, the statement attributed this alleged low to the Biden administration’s otherwise widely panned policy decisions.

“Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low.”

Here’s the D.C. murder stats for the past 20 years. I circled the years in red that had FEWER murders than last year. Murder is the one stat you can’t cook the books on.

Hillary is a disgusting, evil creature. The lying is too casual. https://t.co/QMPF7jykmu pic.twitter.com/60TdQI0mVX

— David Angelo (@MrDavidAngelo) August 11, 2025

According to the White House, the reality is that “D.C.’s murder rate is roughly three times higher than that of Islamabad, Pakistan, and 18 times higher than that of communist-run Havana, Cuba.”

The statement from Brady president Kris Brown concluded with her suggesting that Trump’s federal police are the ones “endanger[ing]” D.C. residents, not the hordes of violent criminals running the streets.

“We cannot allow the president to suggest that federalized police is an appropriate response to any and all challenges; or that federalized police do not further endanger the public, especially Black and Brown communities who live and work in or visit D.C.,” it read.

So, in other words, the same people who want to disarm Americans, thus making them prey to criminals, also want to effectively disarm the police, making residents even more prey to criminals. It makes no sense, especially when you factor in how the locals actually feel.

Last year, dozens of business groups with offices in D.C. penned a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser expressing “deep concern about the alarming increase in violent crime across our city.”

Just last year, 70 business groups with offices in D.C. wrote Mayor Bowser to express “deep concern about the alarming increase in violent crime across our city.”

“D.C., is quickly becoming a national outlier in rising crime, and the trends are alarming.”

Read the letter pic.twitter.com/DFnCmqjE4C

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) August 13, 2025

“D.C. is quickly becoming a national outlier in rising crime, and the trends are alarming,” the letter read. “Our organizations are primarily based in the downtown business district, where there have been horrifying acts of violence.”

“Innocent people in neighborhoods across the city have been targeted in robberies, carjackings, and seemingly random acts of violence,” the letter continued.

D.C. Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton has also raised concerns about the city’s violent crime epidemic.

“We stand with the President in recognizing that Washington, D.C., cannot continue on this trajectory,” he said in a statement. “Crime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits.”

He reiterated this during an appearance this week on Fox News’ “America Reports“:

.@DCPoliceUnion Chairman Gregg Pemberton: “We completely agree with the President that crime in the District of Columbia is out of control and something needs to be done with it.” pic.twitter.com/Kr5zZtW5kG

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 11, 2025

As for Brady, last year it also came out against self-defense, arguing that guns “are rarely used successfully in self-defense.” The stunning claim prompted a fact-check from Breitbart.

“Academic work by Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck shows that, at a minimum, guns are used to protect life and property at least 760,000 times a year,” the fact-check reads.