The surge in homicides and violent crime in cities that are mostly run by Democrats reflects poorly on the party. So naturally, they want to make the issue about guns, even though the data doesn’t support their contention.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to say that the United States has a crime problem, telling reporters that “certainly there is a guns problem.” Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy insisted that it is “not a coincidence” that gun sales and gun deaths both rose in 2020.