“Well, John, the best way forward is first of all, when you have a shooting, instead of sitting down and going okay, what is really causing this?” Scalise announced to “Fox News Sunday” host John Roberts. “Why do we see these happening more and more in the last few years, it immediately becomes a debate about taking away guns and you see Democrats quickly run in the day of the shooting.”
President Biden gave an emotional address Thursday following shootings across the nation, in Uvalde, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Buffalo, New York, among others. The President called for more “commonsense” gun control legislation, including reinstating an assault weapon ban, asking for background checks, and limiting magazine capacity.
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Scalise insisted that such efforts as pushing “everybody in a corner” rather than attempting to find “common ground” on the matter.
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“Why don’t we look and see if we can find some telltale signs so that there can be interventions?” Scalise questioned, emphasizing that people “every day in America” use guns to defend themselves.
“Instead of talking about Democrats always wanting to take away the rights of gun owners, law-abiding citizens, especially, why don’t we talk about the root causes of these problems?” he went on. “And there is some common ground to be found there, John.”
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Roberts countered Scalise’s allegations by mentioning recent Quinnipiac poll data that showed that the majority of Americans back stricter measures, like required background checks and red flag laws, than what some Republicans appear to indicate.
Scalise insists that Americans aren’t completely aware of the components of the red flag laws – put forth by Democrats – declaring that the laws “take away due process.”
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“The immediate visceral reaction of Democrats in Washington is to go after the rights of gun owners in America, the law-abiding citizens who were using guns to defend themselves,” Scalise stated.
He continued to explain that Americans bought more guns over the past two years in the wake of the “Defund the Police” movement and attempts by district attorneys in more liberal cities to enact law reform, which has initiated a near-term spike in crime.
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Scalise thinks that the spike in crime is driving the gun violence currently rocking the United States and that guns serve as the “only line of defense” for some people.
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“If you look at what happened in those cities, you see a lot of the things with the defund the police movement, with letting people out no cash bail, where they’re making it easier for people to commit crimes, look at the smash and grab crimes,” he stated. “Do you think it’s going to end there if they think they can get away with a crime?”
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