Murder rates have risen in at least 35 U.S. cities this year, with St. Louis experiencing a nearly 60 percent increase in homicides over 2014. Chief Sam Dotson of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department appeared as a guest today on CNN’s “The Lead,” where host Jake Tapper asked him about recent slayings of police officers as well as gun violence in particular.
Asked by Tapper where criminals are getting their guns, Dotson singled out the lax laws associated with gun shows, where people “with no identification at all” can sell and trade guns, putting guns in the hands of criminals “very easily.”
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson on CNN lying about criminals getting their guns at gun shows "without any identification" CC: @DLoesch
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 1, 2015
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@KatiePavlich @DLoesch embarrassing that LE official would be that either clueless to facts or just plain lying. Thankfully no1 watches CNN
— Gary Carlo (@GaryACarlo) September 1, 2015
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@KatiePavlich @DLoesch Of course they're lying but the shame is their fool audience believes every word.
— Joe Flintosh (@jflintosh) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch Maybe he's just that stupid. He's the chief, right?
— Bert Hyman (@berthyman) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch but criminals wouldnt chance purchasing at a gun show anyway
— Shane Davis (@_shanedavis_) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch One can draw any conclusion from half truths. without ID? yes, but not from show vendors, private sale only….
— Shane Davis (@_shanedavis_) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch you'd be surprised what B S some Americans will fall for(liberals)
— WHTKROS (@dmsizemore65) September 1, 2015
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@KatiePavlich @DLoesch So this idiot says this publicly? @FBI should ask him why he is knowingly ignoring federal crime then
— Harry M Knight (@HarryMKnight) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch Have him cite specific cases if true.
— Chieftain Ole the Red (@mjolnir59) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch Somebody needs to start asking these liars the 5 W's every time they go public.
— Sect 35, Row 72 (@md_schmidt) September 1, 2015
@KatiePavlich @DLoesch
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It doesn't matter to them if it's true or not— Conan The NOT-Female Dog (@gypsyluc) September 1, 2015
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