The author argues that Democrats in the US are obsessed with gun control because violent crime gives them power. This comes after they took control of the state government and are pushing for a radical gun-control agenda, including a ban on "assault weapons" and a potential ban on popular semiautomatic rifles and even handguns. The author criticizes the left for not actually trying to reduce crime or save lives with their gun control schemes, but instead focusing on enforcing existing gun laws against actual criminals rather than creating new ways to harass law-abiding gun owners. This is a sign of how left-wing ideology prevents Democrats from addressing real problems and offering real solutions to them. In Virginia, the first act of the new Democrat governor was to make the entire state a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, while the Fairfax County prosecutor in Fairfax County allegedly let a dangerous illegal immigrant off the hook repeatedly and allegedly murdered a woman. Critics argue that Democrats are more concerned about dealing with crime than focusing on the issue of white, male, and Christian gun owners, who are often targeted as their sacred cows.