AG Torrez Says He Won't Defend Governor on Gun Cases

Sep 12, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -44% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -32% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    90% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"As such, Torrez writes, the novel reclassification of gun violence as a 'public health emergency' appears to have been adopted as a pretext to apply the extraordinary but narrowly proscribed powers of the [Public Health Emergency Response Act] to prohibit all citizens, regardless of their criminal intent or conduct, to possess firearms in public."
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-12% Liberal
"However, we are equally concerned that her solution to the complicated problems of substance abuse, addiction, and gun violence is to pour more resources into law enforcement."
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-16% Liberal
"Allen also said he did not believe the law would do anything to deter gun violence."
Negative
-58% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "As such, Torrez writes, "the novel reclassification of gun violence as a 'public health emergency' appears to have been adopted as a pretext to apply the extraordinary but narrowly proscribed powers of the [Public Health Emergency Response Act] to prohibit all citizens, regardless of their criminal intent or conduct, to possess firearms in public.
42% : "However, we are equally concerned that her solution to the complicated problems of substance abuse, addiction, and gun violence is to pour more resources into law enforcement.
21% : Allen also said he did not believe the law would "do anything to deter gun violence."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.