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Gun violence prevention group GIFFORDS doesn't think much of the House GOP's hearing on crime in New York City, asking why Republican don't focus their efforts on preventing gun violence.

We know that fewer than eight percent of the guns that are used in crimes in New York City come from New York. Instead, they primarily come from states with weak gun laws. New York has strong gun laws that protect New York residents. What we need is other states to do their part, and more importantly than that, we need the federal government to do its part," deputy chief counsel of the GIFFORDS Law Center David Pucino said in a statement. The group is named after Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman turned gun control advocate who was grievously injured in a 2013 mass shooting.

Since taking control of the House this year, congressional Republicans have refused to advance gun safety legislation and are even working to roll back a recently-finalized ATF rule regulating concealable, dangerous weapons. Until we pass commonsense gun safety legislation, we will not address the problems of gun violence and violent crime, because you can't be serious about crime unless you are serious about guns.

These should not be partisan issues. We know what the nonpartisan, commonsense solutions are, and they must be implemented - but instead, Republican lawmakers are holding sham hearings in states that have strong gun laws."