5 Apr 2021
At least 34 people were shot, seven fatally, over Easter weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
On Sunday, Breitbart News reported 19 people were shot, one fatally, Good Friday into Easter morning alone. By Monday morning ABC 7 /
Chicago Sun-Timesnoted the violence had continued, resulting in at least 34 people shot, seven fatally, for the entire Easter weekend.
The
Chicago Tribuneobserved all seven weekend fatalities occurred on Easter Sunday.
Chicago is on track for record-breaking gun crime this year. For example, CNN explained the number of shooting victims for March 2021 was at a level police have not seen in four years:
4 Apr 2021
Nearly 20 people were shot, one fatally, Good Friday into Easter morning in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.
Chicago Sun-Times, 19 people were shot and one of those individuals succumbed to his wounds.
The fatality occurred around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, following an argument that pitted a 31-year-old man against two other persons. One of the two other persons pulled a gun and opened fire, shooting the 31-year-old 14 times.
The shooting victim was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The
Chicago Tribunereports 703 people were shot in January 1, 2021, through March 31, 2021, in Chicago. That is 184 more people than were shot during the same time-frame in 2020.
Claim: Joe Biden Good at Selling Guns, Driving Up NRA Membership
1 Apr 2021
On Wednesday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) claimed Joe Biden is good at selling guns and driving up the NRA’s membership.
The NRA tweeted:
On March 28, 2021, Breitbart News noted the NRA was gaining 1,000 members a day from online signups alone.
The NRA’s Andrew Arulanandam indicated the surge in memberships was reflective of Americans’ concern that Biden and other Democrats were coming after guns. He said, “Gun owners realize the threat our Second Amendment and our self-defense laws are facing with a hostile President and Congress.”
Firearms background checks for January 2021 the month in which Biden was inaugurate shattered the single-month record as well as the all-time record for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks.
Report: Four People Dead in Orange County, California, Shooting
31 Mar 2021
Four people were killed when a gunman opened fire Wednesday around 5:45 p.m. in Orange County, California.
The
Washington Timesreports that one of the four deceased individuals “was a child.”
The incident occurred in a business park, and the suspected gunman opened fire on police when they responded to calls about the shooting.
The suspect was injured in the exchange of gunfire that followed.
ABC 7 notes that a neighbor near the business park said, “I was just in my room hanging out. All of a sudden, I heard five to seven gunshots go off.”