Finally, a Biden gun control proposal that doesn’t involve taking our guns away. A CDC official has said that planting trees will reduce gun violence. Sure, it’s complete bullshit, but what gun control isn’t? At least trees make oxygen and provide shade.
The CDC did a report on gun-related violence and found the shocking fact that most victims and perpetrators are black. That wasn’t the focus of The Hill’s reporting however, they were more interested in what awesome thing the Biden administration was going to do to fix the problem:
“The tragic and historic increase in firearm homicide and the persistently high rates of firearm suicide underscore the urgent need for action to reduce firearm-related injuries and deaths,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. “By addressing factors contributing to homicide and suicide and providing support to communities, we can help stop violence now and in the future.”
“When you look at a lot of these communities that were already hard hit, you add stressors to them, job loss, economic uncertainty, social isolation, those can be risk factors for violence,” Debra Houry, director of the agency’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, said.
Now wait for it…
Policies like child care subsidies and affordable housing can help reduce poverty and relieve some economic stress on families. Houry specifically noted that earned income tax credits have been shown to reduce violence and violent crimes by 10 percent.
At the community level, she said initiatives like restoring vacant lots by planting trees and grass have been shown to reduce firearm violence.
Hmm, planting trees reduces violence committed with firearms? It must be solid science if the CDC says it. Then again, they were literally wrong at every turn during the COVID-19 pandemic so maybe they’re full of shit here too.
The only way I could see trees stopping people from murdering other people with guns is if the lack of trees was the root cause (pun intended), which of course it is not. This is on par with claiming that planting trees would slow down the spread of COVID-19, which might be something the CDC said. I lost track of their bad advise somewhere around May 2020.
I guess if there were more trees in areas where black people fire indiscriminately at each other a few stray bullets might hit the trees and save an innocent life or two. Liberal gun grabbers always say “if it saves just one life, it’s worth it.” Unlike gun control, planting trees isn’t unconstitutional so I say go for it.
Another thing, that would be way more effective in stopping gun-related violence would be to arrest and prosecute criminals. I know that liberals consider it racist to incarcerate black criminals for crimes that they have committed but it works. Less scumbags on the streets means less crime.
There used to be a ban on tax dollars going to the CDC to study gun-related crime and this is why. They’ve looked at the data and the best thing they could come up with is planting trees. Unserious people shouldn’t have access to serious taxpayer money.
