Sam wants it both ways

Because she doesn't have to live there. Out of sight, out of mind. If she had to live on the south side of Chicago she'd mention it a few times, but since she lives in a nice part of NYC daily gun violence is not an issue for her.

So I'm confused. Do you guys want the guns of the violent criminals in Chicago taken away?

Anyway, every time I hear that violent crime has gone down in the USA, it is with the caveat, "except in a few cities where gang violence has actually increased." Nobody on the left is ignoring these horrible statistics. Perhaps gun control is a partial solution, but mostly it is going to take kids in these neighborhoods seeing and actually believing in better alternatives. I don't see Trump making any effort to give kids in urban war zones hope for a way out.

For the rest of us, there is less violent crime than there was 20 or even 10 years ago. But then there are all these mass shootings that make us feel vulnerable. With a few exceptions, notably San Bernardino, they are committed by mentally unstable people who should not have weapons at all, let alone automatic or semi-automatic guns with large magazines. We can argue about to what extent our nation should pay more attention to mental illness or to background checks, but the point is Samantha Bee was not contradicting herself. It doesn't have to be either/or. It can be both.