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Veronica Escobar: It's not that we are becoming a more violent country per se, or a country that is actually seeing massive increases in…

On the recordApril 25, 2023
It's not that we are becoming a more violent country per se, or a country that is actually seeing massive increases in crime.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Escobar argues that crime is not increasing, but its lethality is due to firearms.

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