'I can't answer that': GOP lawmaker pressed on US gun policy

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), a member of the House Second Amendment Caucus, discusses gun policy and reform with CNN's Pamela Brown after the US has seen over 45 mass shootings in one month, according to a CNN tally.
#PamelaBrown #CNN #Newsroom

[@nataliejohnson9526]

Sooo. According to him the problem is mental health, poverty, high inequality and the breakdown of the family...yet they oppose all policies to expand healthcare, unions, higher minimum wage, childcare, family leave...😐😐😐😐

[@rjlchristie]

Capacity to accommodate cognitive dissonance is a right-wing prerequisite.

[@lindendantzler3307]

You ma'am just broke the internet salute to you

[@ellisstevens6774]

@Kevin the Duck amazon made everything more exspensive in Seattle the rest of Washington state is great. Capitalist greed mixed with a gross lack of action on the homeless problem by the city ruined seattle...not paying people a living wage....moron

[@CM-fh4lp]

@Kevin the Duck Perhaps you should look at Seattle?? The wage increase has been mostly positive. They found very few instances of prices going up. It was a mixed review for businesses meaning some flourished and others didn't. Do you have links to the resources you 'looked' at before commenting?

[@Navi1057]

@Kevin the Duck Maybe one should consider if a business really is a viable business if it can’t afford to pay a worker a livable wage.

[@barryb83110]

"We can't legislate against evil." Isn't that the intention of every law?

[@wobe-nh8ii]

yet they fight tooth and nail to legislate against abortions, to them the ultimate evil , at least to them. their argument against gun laws is that criminals will find a way so laws are useless. so if we went by that logic, wouldn't overturning roe vs wade be meaningless as well? if people wanted abortions they will get them no matter what.

[@lancelmccune]

Yes and it still doesn’t stop criminals from breaking the law and hurting other people.

[@hunterblane610]

@@lancelmccune Laws don’t eliminate all crime, that discourage people with punishment to lower the overall instances of crime. No law works 100% of the time. That’s common sense.

[@929mmr]

He also cites mental health but defends the rights of those with mental health issues to own guns. He also cites the wealth gap and his party does everything it can to ensure the wealth gap continues.

[@barryb83110]

@@lancelmccune But it does allow us to arrest them when they do.

[@eds6889]

“Cars don’t kill people drivers do.” That’s why automobiles are made safer and there are a multitude of rules governing the use of them. Why not for firearms?

[@eds6889]

@Kevin the Duck neither is murdering people

[@Eric-bf5ky]

@Kevin the Duck owning a gun is also NOT a constitutional right. you should watch less faux news and maybe read the constitution. it clearly says WELL REGULATED.

[@jimmyh6601]

These people love guns so much so let them have them.....without bullets

[@eds6889]

@Kevin the Duck so taking guns off of gangs, excons, mental patients, people in jail or anyone else is against the 2nd amendment? A law written hundreds of years ago when a musket was all that was available. How simple are you?

[@eds6889]

@Kevin the Duck the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Therefore if this is unchangeable then yes you did say the incarcerated and the rest should have guns. It’s an outdated misinterpreted right that needs changing. I’m not saying no guns but definitely more rules.

[@thisismetoday]

German here, I've never known another German that owns a gun. I have never had to carry that fear with me that someone may shoot me. Ever. That freedom of mind is amazing!

[@MatteoTN]

I live in northern Italy and I can fully understand that. I know a couple of people with small revolvers, but they have all mental health certificate and firearm license ; one of them has got a jewelry. In my city, in the past 40 years we have had probably a gran total of 6 or 7 people killed by guns, and half of them per suicide.

[@jimmyh6601]

Same here my friend🇬🇧

[@stephaniec.5851]

As my husband says, we live here "in paradise" in Germany. Every day I send my kids to school with absolutely no fear. And I worry before every trip to the USA.

[@MatteoTN]

@@stephaniec.5851 I lebe am Gardasee und ich kann nur mit dich einverstanden sein.

[@pirateninja3891]

American here. If the jewish community had guns maybe they wouldn't have been killed by the Nazi party by the millions. Thats the point.

[@Les020519]

Let’s not bring up the fact that Canada and Switzerland offer Universal Healthcare!

[@taoman85]

Ya know this is something that's rarely brought up; the CDC isn't allowed to keep records and study gun violence in America. That's something that could change politician's actions and rhetoric.

[@tonydmty1234567]

NRA deplorable strategy: 1. First say nothing. 2 If required go on offense, offense. 3 Smear gun-control groups.

[@StevefromPR]

Some who can afford it i guess. The majority of people though take advantage of the free health care.

[@iemandanders353]

He says he doesn't know why the facts are factual. This makes it possible for him to ignore them. Such a principled man.

[@3PacBack]

Great point. For him to be a decision maker but does not have the knowledge to make competent decisions shows that he's lacking in these skills. It's hard to reason with people who are unreasonable. That's why we need more diversity in leadership.

[@josephcox178]

lemand Anders, plus on top of that, this jagoff is in the back pocket of the nra and yes, he does ignore facts, all the time, every time. He ignores everything that doesn't benefit him directly.

[@randomrangoon5476]

Yea and he's from kentucky on top of it.

[@lowkey2923]

And he also repeats the braindead mantra, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." as if that somehow argues against gun control legislation. If those people could not so readily obtain guns (and too often, guns specifically designed to produce mass death), there would be less death. Thanks for making that point, moron.

[@petedog9581]

She throws out the gun violence stats, and he says, "i don't think that is accurate." Then is spins into the mental health and family breakdown talking points. The family is where these nuts get their guns often times. We really need more thoughts and prayers.

[@uphillbattlehealth]

They’re so concerned about infringing on gun owner’s rights... what about my right to go to a supermarket and not die in a mass shooting?

[@TT-jy2db]

What about my right to not have to deal with people who believe their Tel lie vision.

[@algoreHasNoRythm]

You have a right to move to Mexico or carry protection..Freedom is not for the weak or weak minded

[@cmacd8879]

Nope. In America you have no such right, or if you do it is way lower than gun owners rights to have a weapon anywhere...

[@CollinMac96]

Carry a gun lol

[@uphillbattlehealth]

@@CollinMac96 lol, thx Tex.

[@Heinrich_Von_Schnellfahrer]

the voice of a man who does NOT want this to change.. pure and simple.

[@fatsolutions]

He is also not the sharpest tool in the universe!

[@tonydmty1234567]

NRA deplorable strategy: 1. First say nothing. 2 If required go on offense, offense. 3 Smear gun-control groups.

[@mr.j5919]

You fools have to stop embarrassing yourselves with this BS

[@DivineFalcon]

@@fatsolutions Just look at his beady little eyes. No one's home.

[@brucecampbell4528]

@@tonydmty1234567 It's not just the NRA they are afraid of, they are afraid of second amendment supporters everywhere as they should be.

[@MrUporabniskoime]

The "guns don't kill people - people kill people" concept can only exist in America. We, the rest of the world, react to this with a cramp of interchanging laughter and horror.

[@tompastian3447]

Cars don't kill people. It's only the people who drive them that kill people. Ban all cars and trucks, NOW.

[@gibsonbe1]

If guns don't kill people but people do, why give guns to those people?

[@Eric-bf5ky]

@@tompastian3447 oh poor little braindead faux news viewer. no one want to ban guns. and to drive a car is regulated, owning is gun is not.

[@nomore6167]

I really wish we could get over this tired argument. Yes, guns kill people, but only in response to the direct action taken by a person. If you're going to be literal and blame the actual death-causing object, then guns don't kill people, bullets kill people. Regardless of how you choose to look at it, guns by themselves are not problematic. The problem is the people we allow to own and handle them. If we enacted common-sense gun laws (as we do with other objects, such as vehicles), then we would either massively cut back or eliminate our gun problems. There are so many simple things that could be done to reduce gun deaths, it's truly bind-boggling why they haven't been done already (mandatory background checks, consistent laws across all states, consistent laws regardless of where or from whom a gun is purchased, mandatory gun handling classes and target practice, etc). Any responsible gun owner should be in factor of common-sense laws because the irresponsible, problematic gun owners who go out and kill people paint a bad picture for all gun owners. Why is it that you need to license your dog, but not your guns?

[@raymondlassor7155]

@@Eric-bf5ky how so? tell me the difference between stealing a car or a gun and killing someone is different or regulated? And how many guns have you purchased legally without a background check?

[@Xerkun]

She held his feet to the fire without making it contentious. Well done.

[@mikejones8866]

She always does. She's a great interviewer by continuing to *try* to get her guests to answer the questions. They never really do though.

[@cybersylv]

She has a real gift for doing that.

[@robreadinger5340]

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[@malcomwembolua5513]

@Ralph Calhoun why do other countries with just as many guns and people as the US have far less then? Other first world countries just as developed as this one don’t have a gun issue anywhere near as bad as we do, why is that do you think?

[@malcomwembolua5513]

@Ralph Calhoun you’re right, not nearly as many guns as America, that can’t possibly be part of the problem right

[@curiousk9603]

"I can't answer that" I'm just a dense do nothing Republican.

[@paulbird3235]

Your politics has nothing to do with this. There needs to be better gun control. People can't be allowed to carry automatic rifles under the PRETENCE that they are protecting THEMSELVES. That is absolute BULLSHIT.

[@ashyjeremy]

@@paulbird3235 Your ignorance of firearms speaks otherwise.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

“Now is not the time ... to ask me that question.”

[@paulbird3235]

@@ashyjeremy I have held a gun for 49ys. But I realise and know that members of the public cannot be trusted to posses army style automatic rifles. When things go wrong the aftermath is too great to bear.

[@pg1633]

I am sorry you do not know what you are talking about. Highly doubtful you have held a gun for 59 yrs!😅

[@nunusnews361]

"If gun laws have nothing to do with it why do people go get their guns from places with relaxed laws and come back to the places with the stricter laws?" "Well... I cant answer that.."

[@sakatababa]

oh, he can but it would defeat his narrative... also, criminals have more inclination to be violent if they know their victims are likely to be armed.

[@taoman85]

@bill jackson Sam...Sam...proof read.

[@tonydmty1234567]

NRA deplorable strategy: 1. First say nothing. 2 If required go on offense, offense. 3 Smear gun-control groups.

[@swclar99]

Well as Mark Twain said: "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics!" The devil is always in the details but it's sad those of us not in media have to spend our precious time looking up these facts because either they don't know how to find them or they don't understand the nuances of those lying stats. For example (!), if you look at the "Bureau of Justice Stats" based on a 2016 survey of prison inmates, 287,400 possessed a firearm during their offense, 56% had either stolen it (6%), found it at the scene (7%), or obtained it off the street/underground (43%) and only 7% had purchased it under their name from a licensed dealer! How many of that 7% went to a state with relaxed laws? I'm guessing not many, so this number is likely very small. Those obtained "off the street" were likely stolen from lawful citizens. So it's probably true that lots of "LAWFUL CITIZENS" get their guns in relaxed states simply because it's easier but it's NOT likely many criminals are crossing state lines to buy their murder weapon! You can find these potentially lying "stats" at www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/suficspi16.pdf

[@Nickcooperrei]

This congressman knows exactly what he’s doing and saying. Notice how he keeps bringing up poverty and breakdown in the family? Yet many of these shooters are grown ass men not in poverty. We aren’t stupid. We know what you’re trying to divert attention to.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Poor people don't drop $1.5k on their Visa Card just to add another AR from Cabellas to their collection

[@blinblinthing]

Not to mention Republicans aren't doing anything to help poverty either.

[@blinblinthing]

They talk about mental health being the issue yet they are cutting programs that offer aid for mental health.

[@paulbird3235]

He didn't make an ounce of sense. He was just preying on the fears of mis-informed people

[@heatherkingston1445]

So he's saying that because a gun owner threatens another person, they shouldn't have their guns taken away? And that's why he won't vote for more restrictive gun laws? What an idiot! And then the idiot goes on trying to compare killing someone to smoking marijuana....🙄

[@12345678booo]

I like how he talks about that it is not guns but poverty, and wealth inequality. Yet when legislations are brought forward to deal with these the GOP fights against them. He says he knows what the problem is but will not do anything to fix it.

[@eddyng6067]

He is freaking bullshit around, citizens of Singapore and Japan are not allowed to own gun, it was hardly to have mass shootings took place in the past years in these two countries. You have to change and learn from other countries, too many American innocent lives lost.

[@antoniosaxon8605]

GOP SENATE AND GOP CONGRESS IS BROKEN, ON LIFE SUPPORT, SOON DEAD. THEY WILL NEVER STAND UP (THEY WILL PROUDLY STAND BACK) ON ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT PUTS AMERICA FIRST, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FIRST, UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY FIRST, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FIRST, UNITED STATES RULE OF LAW FIRST...GOP PARTY IS THE PARTY OF OF SILENCE- AGAINST ALL THAT THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN IS BASED UPON. GOP PARTY IS THE STANDBY AND STAND PROUD PARTY THAT TO DOES NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO HELP ALL GREAT AMERICANS. IT ONLY CARES ABOUT THEIR OWN POWER AND MONEY. #GOPCANCEROFAMERICA

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

@@antoniosaxon8605 Buddy you have a problem, get help.

[@divamh10]

Oh lawd he got in those right wing fear words, "communism" "socialism" what a good lapdog

[@ultimatereasoning7056]

divamh10 It is the same old clashea and accusation whenever these people lose the argument and debunked: Comunism, Scocialism and globalism.

[@arthurmontana8791]

This man speaks with great confidence and passion about UTTER NONSENSE.

[@daveburrows9876]

Utter nonsense is all there is when someone pretends that the 2nd amendment is relevant as written in 1791. Never mind the fact that in 1791, they only knew muskets and flintlock pistols.

[@ArsinoeIvy]

“Guns Safety laws harm honest gun owners” is like saying that “Drunk Driving and all Traffic laws harm honest drivers”

[@eddiechavez707]

Pass legislation requiring background checks, psychological tests, license with a training course and, just like in vehicles, require insurance to buy a weapon. No insurance, no gun.

[@blazeroranger]

@@eddiechavez707 next will be bullying insurance, lol! okay dummy boy!

[@briley2177]

@@vitalsigns2679 Free speech is a right, the MOST PARAMOUNT right, and restrictions against yelling fire, making bomb threats, or threatening the lives of other people all RESTRICT your right to speak freely. Even inalienable rights can and MUST have restrictions... your argument is infantile, myopic, and irrelevant.

[@kennethwright8927]

@@eddiechavez707 Hell no! Legislation for stronger gun laws fine, but putting more money in insurance companies pockets? Hell no!

[@kennethwright8927]

@@vitalsigns2679 It’s a right for citizens who aren’t criminals or crazy.

[@Areniapixie]

It’s sad that people are more worried about their illusion of freedom than the lives of their fellow Americans 😞

[@SSMMNS]

I wish I could reply with a valid rebuttal but, true.

[@TT-jy2db]

It's sad that people turn off their brains when watching the media

[@bobbyb9757]

@@TT-jy2db it’s sad that someone gets paid to be a troll! Get office the troll farm and get a real job!

[@algoreHasNoRythm]

What illusion??And I’m safe everywhere I go I just take a gun🍻🇺🇸

[@jackc3205]

Nailed it. Gun nuts don't realize that their guns are a smoke screen that only make them feel safe while actually placing them in greater danger.

[@dfloyd2279]

I need a job where I can get paid over $100,000 in some states and push paper and talk sh*t all day.

[@waynemarcelinsr.5045]

It's very sad the people in KENTUCKY is struggling and their REPS. are getting richer while they're paying these guys SALARIES and making A!!!!!!HOLES out of them!!!!! STRAIGHT IGNORANCE

[@allaboutperspective650]

Start with practicing lying as soon as you master that art it's easy.

[@jackjohnsonville1399]

Me too.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

You have a few choices to make too much money for doing very little (in order of amount of actual work required): • Politics • Acting • Music

[@billinpraha]

House Member makes 174,000 a year plus full investment in retirement after one term. They would laugh if they were only offered 100,000 a year.

[@benrahim5164]

Pamela continues to impress me. She came prepared and with receipts BUT the fact that makes her an exceptional journalist is she allows the subject ample time and opportunity to defend themselves. Alas they just end up digging themselves deeper adding further embarrassment

[@urbanart7325]

She wasn't truly prepared. She should have given examples about gun laws around the world and what his required by gun owners. Why not ask him to give example of a " good guy" with a gun stopping a "bad" guy with a guy.

[@catstephen1889]

Agreed Ben

[@mr.j5919]

@@urbanart7325 first person I’ve seen in the comment section with evidence of a working brain

[@cheddaizbettaful]

I’m glad she did her FACTUAL RESEARCH! He was ducking them questions !

[@Boleyngirly]

Exactly. "I can't answer that because then you'd be right."

[@goeatsomesh1t]

Wow both sides are blind idiots lol

[@cheddaizbettaful]

@@goeatsomesh1t explain

[@jonasp6043]

@jon pork That went straight to the catcher, he never even saw it! Well said!

[@itech3639]

Bro this ain't ducking.... that's BLATANT IGNORANCE!!

[@narxos5494]

“You can’t legislate against evil” lmfao what are we paying you for then

[@desertdetroiter428]

Lol...exactly. He’s a phuckin goober.

[@abelo1676]

You don't even know what evil is. "Evil is subjective." Remember

[@narxos5494]

@@abelo1676 we all have a pretty good idea of what evil is dummy

[@abelo1676]

​@@narxos5494 We all have a conscience, a sense of right and wrong. However Romans 1:28. If you think there's nothing wrong with feminism, lgbtq, abortion, effeminate weak men, then you don't know the difference. If you adhere to luciferian principles then no.

[@narxos5494]

@@abelo1676 I don’t think you’re capable of speaking on the subject. Morality trumps religion every time because separation of Church and state. If you’re going to talk about morality you should talk about in a way that doesn’t categorize everybody as either religiously moral or non religious. Makes no sense lol

[@AphasiacRaccoon]

'No way to prevent this,' says only nation where this regularly happens

[@wanderer0617]

So sadly true 💔

[@thetweatles8176]

It's all coming down to the American people vs the fascist left #BabyTimmyhasnocake

[@mikebryant5861]

@@thetweatles8176 oh hush Karen

[@thetweatles8176]

@@mikebryant5861 I think YOU need to hush sparkle bottom 🌺 #BabyTimmyhasnocake

[@lindastruckus776]

What a bone-head politician

[@Adam-wn6pm]

“Equal protection”? He clearly had no idea, legally, what the equal protection clause mean. If he’s so concerned about individual liberty, why does he and his party so aggressively go against women having a choice to their own healthcare and abortion?

[@TT-jy2db]

Murdering babies is not a right. I'm not right wing.

[@danielknox5219]

Great interview love to see it, people like this are beyond frustrating

[@algoreHasNoRythm]

Greatest thing about America is you communist can only cry and moan and are powerless🍻🇺🇸🗽👈

[@frankoramerez4536]

What part of due process and "shall not be infringed" confuses you the most?

[@danielknox5219]

@Don Nwzad lol

[@frankoramerez4536]

@@algoreHasNoRythm very true

[@simonsays3063]

@Don Nwzad It's sad that you think project veritas is real news. They are as far right wing propaganda that you can get. Your alternative facts dont work well in the real world.

[@davedee6745]

I was only able to send thoughts for the last mass shooting. The next shooting happened before I was able to include the prayers.

[@egarza9241]

How did Trump Administration Ban Bump Stocks Without Passing Any Legislation?

[@davedee6745]

@@egarza9241 Because as it was explained at the time, "bump stocks" are an accessory and not _part_ of a gun, so the NRA had no problem accepting those restrictions. Or to phrase it in another way: the ATF can't deal with the bump stocks because bump stocks are not the "F" in ATF

[@dozzer009]

@Black Lies Matter FO 2 week old acct.

[@Suzibird307]

I often say that we should leave the flag at half mast all the time and only raise it when no one gets shot.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Republicans keep wanting to try nothing as a solution and hope that works eventually

[@noelpucarua2843]

James Comer says " If a criminal really sits and think about it...." He's asking us to let our lives depend on the criminal sitting and thinking about it.

[@lylegardner7260]

Yeah, like that mental calculus happens all the time. Wasn't there at least one shooting on a military base, FFS?

[@josephcox178]

Sure, as long as it's not his life, you really think he gives a fuck? No more than he cares for the people in his district. Thank goodness I'm not one of them.

[@stealthattack2209]

The man is a genius, right?

[@raymondlassor7155]

@@lylegardner7260 yes by the bases Muslim psychologist if i recall correctly.

[@bjhcvuaerpigfy]

A common thinking mistake: Making perfect the enemy of good. We can't get perfect so let's not go for good and instead stay with bad.

[@kaleysorensen]

Lol he smiles at the end like he really accomplished something there.. 😅🤣🤣 ..

[@wadestanton]

He said what his constituents want to hear.

[@gd9123]

@Brandy Courvoisier 😂😂😂

[@iseeyourschwarz8973]

of course he did. he just earned his next gratuitous "donation" from the NRA

[@jamesoblivion]

"I can't answer that." Because you don't have an answer. And you want people with answers to shut up.

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

Now I understand: without guns, we'll all become communists.

[@Dave-xb3xe]

@@uncleanunicorn4571 Without guns you won't have to fear being randomly shot by a fellow citizen. Oh, and you may you want to look up the word 'Communists' in the dictionary because you either don't understand the word or you willingly use it deflect a truth or view that you would rather have suppressed whilst ironically making a statement about the importance of your own individual freedom. So are you an idiot, a hypocrite or both?

[@haydengarinduchesne9269]

It’s always excuses as to why we can’t do things from Congress I don’t even know why people even bother inviting them on their shows anymore , it’s plenty of excuses and blame shifting not enough potential solutions .

[@joeb4142]

It highlights how pathetic and beholden they are.

[@tomsenft7434]

@Harold Moore : The more voters die, whether from mass shootings or a pandemic, the less people to vote Republicans out.

[@Paulscottrock]

It’s getting so there’s no reason to interview republicans on serious news programs. They lie, they repeat insane nonsense. They are not serious politicians

[@grandmak.]

@Harold Moore ...and benefit from NRA.

[@antclerfont8478]

I 100 percent agree.

[@longstockings]

Comer: "You can't legislate against evil..." But that's the starting point of why laws exist: to help / force people do right things and to make it more difficult for evil to prevail. With that one opening statement Comer dismissed himself

[@karynnmackinnon3975]

Comer is basically saying you can’t republicans to do the right things as they too are evil. Clearly!

[@marks3628]

The laws aren't working. When something does not work, change.

[@Jellyduckface1]

It seems so simple yet there are these people called idiots who can't seem to understand it

[@river13]

"The breakdown of families" Having both parents working 50-80 hours a week to try to make ends meet only to end up in debt keeping the lights on is destroying families.

[@river13]

@Teutonic Nordwind The dogwhistle cry of "the welfare queen"! That is not a thing just made up garbage.

[@hunterblane610]

@Teutonic Nordwind Most people in poverty work low jobs. You can't live just off social programs, especially if you have things like medical or college debts. Also for alot of people, they just can't find work no matter how hard they try. They could be under-qualified, disabled, not have reliable transportation, homeless, etc...

[@RadagastBrown420]

@Teutonic Nordwind yes, everything is poor people's fault. The rich are saints.

[@ellisstevens6774]

@Teutonic Nordwind it must be nice to have nothing going on up in the grey matter eh bud? Just get to sit there drooling into the abyss.

[@gbone3879]

@Teutonic Nordwind gross... Maybe keep your copraphilic fantasies to yourself?

[@cloudraker]

Its odd how he doesn't comment on the fact that all of the new voting legislation being passed also affects law abiding citizens. I have news for him, every single law that is passed impacts law abiding citizens.

[@angiesunnie8469]

So true. It's all a smoke screen

[@rod1514]

Exactly. Hopefully we will have some voting integrity from now on!

[@youcancallmecarlie]

"We dont support red flag laws because that eliminates due process." Ya know, like how a cop can detain and rough up a black person after some pearl clutcher calls in a "suspicious person" in the neighborhood. That due process?

[@addex1236]

And two wrongs make a right when yah police brutality has nothing to do with this if anything it poses the question why the fuck would you want the very same people you just mentioned to be the ones your life and safety cause heres the thing cupcake your never make government behave by giving them power you can't regulate out bastards you can make as many rules and laws as you want people are just going to brake them none more than those in power. So I ask you what the hell is your point

[@slim812001]

I wish he would just go on ahead and say “hey we are not going to do sh*t about it “

[@albert-uj8ci]

Poverty, mental health, drugs, breakdown of the family...Well that just about covers everybody.

[@skippss01]

I like how when legislators actually try to pass stuff for the things he was talking about the GOP will typically slap it down

[@vernonfredericks1226]

How the hell did this man get elected to represent the people?

[@CollinMac96]

Same way aoc is where she is

[@odd7646]

That sigh was her saying "i tried i didn't know what i was hoping for but I'm disappointed"

[@susanbodell194]

Dudes in fantasy land 😬.

[@ernestov1777]

All Republikklans are in fantasy land. They don't care about the American people. They want to create chaos to push their agenda.

[@cjk9763]

@@ernestov1777 The irony is real with that statement sir.

[@ingebygstad9667]

It's called America

[@rod1514]

I agree. CNN is nothing but fantasy,

[@alexanderroloff8093]

Seriously the title of the should of been "I'm in charge and can make a change to stop this from happening, I just don't wanna."

[@NHope-md8ds]

"...and it might make me lose some voters or get primaried and I really don't want to find a new job because I'm a selfish asshole."

[@TheCetarius]

I love american politician interviews, if you just hear the answer, you would have never guessed the question 😂

[@Cooper349]

And if you did hear the question you would question their education.

[@derekpierkowski7641]

By now we all should know the definition of insanity. Repeating the same action over and over and expecting a different result.

[@Ganiscol]

He didnt say the silent part: Or else my constituents will hunt me down...

[@wanderer0617]

Exactly

[@lilithcumswelltm]

Exactly Lol

[@kennethellison9713]

4.5 million NRA members are exerting their will over the 325 million American citizens.

[@chuckstockford2338]

@@kennethellison9713 yea being led by the Russians and their money.

[@ArchFundy]

@@kennethellison9713 Even most of them want background checks and other safety measures. This is about $$$, not the will of the ppl.

[@PrinceAntony989]

Funny how at around 8:54 he says “excessive totalitarianism”, which would imply there’s an acceptable amount of totalitarianism for the right wing so long as it’s not communism.

[@Naifupac]

These poor communist enslaved Germans with 12 times less firearm-related deaths per capita.

[@Naifupac]

@Teutonic Nordwind Than fight and vote for democracy and democratic principles. You don't need a gun for that. If you think that a civil war, between armed citizens and police/army, is the only solution, you are in trouble.

[@Naifupac]

@NBK Do not let it come to this by voting. Safeguard your democracy by voting against exclusions from the voting process and against gerrymandering. Dictators can only thrive in weak democracies. Military usually has safeguards against its use domestically. There was never a country in the world with so many civilian weapons present as the USA. Australia got rid of their guns years ago and they are just fine. Guns begets guns in the USA.

[@hunterblane610]

@@Naifupac If you mean the Nazis, they were facsits. Other end of the spectrum.

[@hunterblane610]

@NBK Of the government wanted to kill me, it wouldn't matter if I had a gun. They have tanks, bomber drones and nukes.

[@kzgc8y3n]

Excellent interview. Honest, non confrontational, factual.

[@geodude7116]

Not everything was factual there. Especially the phrase “you can’t legislate against evil“. That was about the stupidest statement I’ve heard in my life.

[@chiefjetsonofflare5329]

I grew up with a father, in W11 he was a sniper. Living on a Farm he always hunted for our food. I was taught to respect guns to the point that even after 60 years The thought of touching one still gives me the shivers.🇨🇦 I fully know the dangers

[@Justusson]

There’s also a societal shift. Although it’s great for you to have that respect for guns - me as well, we basically don’t have any here in Sweden where I live although I’ve been in contact with them - the world changed. Society does too and what was acceptable centuries ago isn’t always anymore. Demands change, restrictions. Nothing stays the same.

[@sirdrakey]

So I can't own a switchblade or a butterfly knife in some states because they are banned. But having an AR-15 with a drum of ammo is something I can buy in one afternoon in Georgia 🤔

[@kennedysuggs4691]

Well if you a conceal carry license you can take it home that day. Which means you have gotten firearms training. Firearms is a right

[@sirdrakey]

@@kennedysuggs4691 So is life, liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness. All 3 of which can be mowed down by a wako with a problem. just saying maybe make it as hard as getting an abortion in Texas? Or Voting in Georgia! You want the right to bear arms cool! Every right has a responsibility what are the responsibilities of gun ownership? courses on firing skills and cleaning? insurance for if you discharge a weapon? background checks to make sure criminals don't get weapons? laws that make the owner criminally "Responsible" for their weapon if it is used in a crime even without their knowledge? Why? and let's not play the criminals don't follow laws card because as the saying goes "locks are only for honest people" and we still have laws.

[@kennedysuggs4691]

@@sirdrakey abortions aren’t a right. You still have the right to vote in Georgia, you just to get identify yourself properly. You can get a ID in GA for literally no money. You can also use the last four of your social security number if you don’t have a ID. We do have laws that punishes people if their firearms was used in a crime already. Should car manufacturers be responsible for the actions of a insane person? No, but there are laws on the books about storing firearms. If someone didn’t have their firearm stored properly they can be charged by the state. Voting a right just as much as firearms, but to buy firearms you need a ID. So surely we should require IDs for both or none. What will background checks do? These recent mass shooting were done by people who brought the guns legally though a gunstore. People who passed background checks and went though a waiting period to take the rifle home. The shooter at the FedEx building literally had his mom call the cops on him months ago. That state has red flags laws and they took his shotgun. But months later he was able to buy two rifles. These wouldn’t have happened if they police had done their job, they didn’t forward the case to a judge. Guns are everywhere in America, there is no way to stop evil or keep the guns out of the hands of criminals. Gun crime is high in areas with harsh gun control laws and low in areas that don’t have it. Why is that? Because in the gun friendly states the guns aren’t only in the hands of criminals. They know if they kick that door in someone probably will shoot at them.

[@Eric-bf5ky]

@@kennedysuggs4691 firearms is not really a right. you clearly need to learn to read and undetstand kid. the constitution CLEARLY says REGULATED.

[@kennedysuggs4691]

@@Eric-bf5ky “the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed” nice try. Maybe you should actually learn things instead of just going reeeee

[@Nola50]

I love her. She's so good at pressing the truth and the right thing

[@marcelobrozovic9872]

... and she does it with a smile on her face

[@Nola50]

@@marcelobrozovic9872 and with a stern grace

[@Armed-Forever]

No she's not I coulda owned this clown n I'm pro 2A but these republicans are dumb ad

[@LadyCerberusRC]

His answers made me feel ill

[@LadyCerberusRC]

@@biffmasterson9786 But it doesn't, I've seen comments from people that accept it. It's a tragedy

[@C0NN02]

I live in Germany and I'm so glad, that we have gun restrictions. AND we live in a democracy, not a communistic state!

[@michaelduren2014]

Poverty and the "break down of the family" yeahhhhh...those talk points are REALLY subtle Billy Bob. 🙄

[@TheManwithaview]

He actually voted to make poorer people in America POORER. He then blames poverty for gun violence.

[@hurrigame]

To hell with their Second Amendment! Republicans live for the gun lobby. They don't give a damn about their constituents.

[@TheManwithaview]

@@jaquesstrappe7664 What? Trump shut his US factories, sacking his American workforce in the process and moved production to China.

[@antoniosaxon8605]

GOP SENATE AND GOP CONGRESS IS BROKEN, ON LIFE SUPPORT, SOON DEAD. THEY WILL NEVER STAND UP (THEY WILL PROUDLY STAND BACK) ON ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT PUTS AMERICA FIRST, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FIRST, UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY FIRST, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION FIRST, UNITED STATES RULE OF LAW FIRST...GOP PARTY IS THE PARTY OF OF SILENCE- AGAINST ALL THAT THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN IS BASED UPON. GOP PARTY IS THE STANDBY AND STAND PROUD PARTY THAT TO DOES NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO HELP ALL GREAT AMERICANS. IT ONLY CARES ABOUT THEIR OWN POWER AND MONEY. #GOPCANCEROFAMERICA

[@HmmmYeahRiiiiiight]

coming from a representative in one of the worst states for poverty in the union. how about you start with your own state when addressing income disparity?

[@cjx5049]

Hey guess what....HE’S LYING! Enjoy the rest of your day guys

[@fallond3165]

The second amendment is literally 3 lines. One sentence “A *well regulated* militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” so.... if the militia was to be “well regulated”, wouldn’t that say the second amendment is ACTUALLY the regulation of guns??

[@taurellreed2716]

"We have laws that make it illegal to shoot someone..." That's clearly being upheld perfectly... 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@burny6666]

The 2nd is exactly this. It allows people to legally shoot and kill other people. That's the whole point of the 2nd.

[@wolfiefink]

I LOVE how he sees how people are able to go to other states to buy marijuana but not guns...

[@jeffheyer7783]

I would have followed up with and how many people does marijuana kill, and or well we are also waiting on you idiots to legalize that as well.

[@ielbow208]

It's whataboutism again...their only argument.

[@egarza9241]

How did Trump Administration Ban Bump Stocks Without Passing Any Legislation?

[@Churd84538]

I'm not anti gun whatsoever. That being said you're comparing a demonized plant with a man-made tool designed for killing. Get out of the 60's. Nixon is dead and weed is becoming mainstream. It's a great revenue source and could be taxed. In fact, if you want to go that route, alcohol is a deadly poison. Kills everyday. Weed doesn't kill period.

[@hunterblane610]

@@egarza9241 pretty sure that was Congress, no the Trump administration, and they only did that after massive public pressure following the Las Vegas shooting.

[@davidsimpson7362]

Of course you can legislate to prevent evil - they are called laws. If not prevention then at least mitigation.

[@bobbyjoetrouble5751]

Hey genius, murder is against the law, and carries the harshest penalties there are

[@davidsimpson7362]

Bobby Joe Trouble And your point is?

[@bobbyjoetrouble5751]

Wow

[@kryptonarie6367]

@@bobbyjoetrouble5751 Unless you're a cop?

[@angelainamarie9656]

@@bobbyjoetrouble5751 So, cool. We can then legislate against weapons of war being carried in our streets? Because, I'M NOT THE FUCK AT WAR. And I don't need to prove anything, to anyone.

[@Busyshark92]

“Have you accepted any donations from the NRA?”

[@cerealeater7369]

He says;"You can't legislate against evil. " He needs to let evangelical Christians know. Because that's what they think they're doing behind the scenes pushing their agendas.

[@t.dmytryshyn2615]

Except their the Evangelical Christians want to legislate evil.

[@hrcutz]

I would like to remind everyone the 2nd amendment was written when we were using muskets. Hello!

[@rjlchristie]

The 2nd is the root cause of USA's gun violence. USA is too collectively brainwashed into worshipping their anachronistic Constitution to figure it out. It's pathetic to watch.

[@CaptainOnePocket]

Actually the 2A said "the right to bear arms for a well- regulated militia". Well, private militia have been illegal, state national guard have taken it's place. So really you only have a right to bear arms if you are part of the State National Gaurd. But of course right wing politicians and judges have ruled on this to mean the average citizen.

[@mariag.8242]

The “well-ordered militias” of the 2nd were needed because there was no standing military. That amendment has been stretched beyond all recognition by the gun manufacturers and their “charity” lobby, the NRA

[@Thevinyldead]

No one is infringing on their rights to own guns. The 2nd amendment didn’t say we can’t limit the types of guns people can own.

[@CaptainOnePocket]

@@Thevinyldead True. Obviously you can't own grenade and rocket launchers. I would argue the 2A was intended for states armies not individuals. But yeah, there is also the ability to change the ammendments, like we did with prohibition, it's not written in stone, but the usa loves it's "right" to guns more than it's "right to life".

[@cmnaeger3485]

Another male who underestimated Pamela. The woman does her homework every time.

[@frankoramerez4536]

They just can't do it- It's that simple. If they try to create an unconstitutional law, we are not obligated to obey it. If they try to punish you or enforce it, THAT would be illegal. The right to keep and bear arms is not granted by the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment simply guarantees the right to keep and bear arms against infringement of any kind. The right to keep and bear arms precedes and supersedes all man-made law. No man or Earthly entity can take the right to keep and bear arms away because no matter Earthly ever granted the right. The right to keep and bear arms is a natural, absolute right granted by God.

[@frankoramerez4536]

Prove me wrong

[@EclecticFruit]

@@frankoramerez4536 Guns and gun rights are mentioned zero times in the Bible. Proven wrong. Try harder troll

[@btRU_funQsta]

@@frankoramerez4536 go ahead and blaspheme - your toasty spot in Hell awaits. That’s assuming your God doesn’t smite you where you sit

[@kicksomeup6998]

@@frankoramerez4536 If a law is passed, you will be obligated to follow it. The constitution doesn't prohibit slavery either, but guess what, you can't own a slave anymore. So stop being overly-dramatic.

[@gregsonger7221]

Wasn't the last guy a law abiding citizen? Until he wasn't.

[@pamtuffield9385]

What he is saying is that once a crime is committed it may be ok to do a background check.

[@TheJcrandazzo]

I love the way he says he wants to improve family and bring the difference down between the rich and poor.. LOL

[@josephcox178]

It's just his way of saying he wants to make the wealthy wealthier and the poor, you got it, poorer.

[@heatherburnard1805]

Right?? Mate, your party are the ones increasing the wealth gap, refusing to consider legislation that would improve family life like paid parental leave, and ensure we don't spend money on job education programs for those in dying industries! He says he wants to improve our lives to reduce gun violence yet stands in the way of bills that would do just that!

[@TheLastLineLive]

So I guess this means he supports increasing the minimum wage, improving the social safety net so more people can get benefits, and providing universal healthcare so people don't need to spend thousands of dollars a year just to have some kind of coverage, right? 🤷‍♂️

[@michaelfrench3396]

Also, the second amendment says absolutely zero about an individual's right to bear arms. It talks about a well-regulated militia The words well-regulated are in the Constitution because even the framers knew when they were only shooting single shot muskets that dangerous weapons need to be handled by people with training and they need to be regulated. That's why the word is in the Constitution!!

[@sonictemple2925]

About time someone else brings this up. Guys like this cherry pick the amendment. Not only that, but plenty amendments have been changed and it’s time this one is changed.

[@Refresh2b]

Absolutely positively correct.

[@CollinMac96]

Feds should just raid homes of all gun owners. If they resist kill them. Once we get rid of the law biding citizens then we go after the criminals

[@Refresh2b]

@@CollinMac96 or we could just faze them out by stopping manufacture for civilians. And tax the heck out of them like cigarettes. Everything doesn't have to be violence.

[@michaelfrench3396]

@@CollinMac96 yep 40 plus years I've heard everybody saying that the cops are going to read their houses and take their weapons. It has yet to happen and probably never will

[@Bat_Boy]

He’s a representative of Kentucky. So, don’t expect very much.

[@marctouss1862]

ahh kentucky.. the state that keeps inflicting mitch mcconnell on the rest of us... yep. dont expect anything good from them...

[@gljm]

@@marctouss1862 Kentucky's state motto is "Gimme, Gimme".

[@jamtommy6446]

Good.

[@gljm]

@Don Nwzad You mean the President with the 60 Percent Approval Rating?

[@tonydmty1234567]

NRA deplorable strategy: 1. First say nothing. 2 If required go on offense, offense. 3 Smear gun-control groups.

[@julieoaks4316]

Canada has the same problems, but we have gun regulations and very few mass killings . Restricted weapons need specific licenses to be collected or carried

[@williampatty1963]

How is your family doing today julie?

[@julieoaks4316]

@@williampatty1963 safe in Canada 🇨🇦

[@Fuzzyfezz]

I love how calmly and logically she debated him. You know you've won the argument when your opponent says "I can't answer that."

[@lornalow7479]

This will only stop when someone high up the food chain, or their nearest gets KILLED. Enough!

[@hunterblane610]

@Don Nwzad Maybe because there isn’t actually a story there?

[@alexbaum2204]

Uh, no. Let’s not just go ahead and say what you just said. This was, first of all, supposed to be an interview and not a debate. Secondly, there is nothing wrong with saying “I don’t know” or “I can’t answer that.” In a debate a format, you’re far better off saying that than devolving into logical fallacies. He began making that real mistake when he began interjecting ideas about communism, totalitarianism, and socialism, as if they have all played out the same and are all essentially the same. That’s bad debating tactics. Saying I don’t know doesn’t mean you’ve lost. It’s a moment of honesty in, again, what is supposed to be an interview. If we frame that as being the tell tale sign that you’ve lost, no one will admit when they’re wrong. That’s how we end up with the gun violence we have in this country in the first place. Were it a debate, I know which side I would feel far more comfortable arguing on. Gun violence in this country is completely out of control, and I’d personally say that’s a direct reflection of the lack of legislation made to prevent it from being as such. I’m siding with the interviewer here, but not because this guy admitted he doesn’t have an answer for something. It’s because of all the crap that he said when he DID have an answer for something.

[@Marchant2]

@Don Nwzad Maybe because that’s been looked at and there’s no there there despite the lies being told on Right Wing propaganda media.

[@Fuzzyfezz]

@@alexbaum2204 Okay, *interview Edit*: i would argue there's also no shame in losing/admitting you're wrong. It takes a lot of strength in fact. The issue is these conservative heads are ignorant self inflated people who don't believe they ever can be wrong. Hence the stalemate.

[@marconius101]

He's co sponsor of the "child abuse prevention and treatment act" So what about Matt Geatz than.??

[@adamfurtaw915]

He keeps throwing out that "traditional families" line. Does he honestly think we don't know what he means?

[@geoffreyselvage1673]

I wonder how much money he takes from the Gun Manufacturing Lobby?

[@joeb4142]

@Don Nwzad Go away troll

[@deeatchley8537]

There is no excuse for this insanity. It has to STOP!!!

[@ZunamiRevert]

@Kevin the Duck This talk point is so over done. No one is taking guns, we want them harder to obtain so there won't be mass shootings that we figure out was done by a person that bought a gun legally the same day no hassle, tougher and universal background checks, yearly gun classes because they aren't a toy. All of these will ensure that gun owners will keep their guns and keep the guns out the hands of the lunatics. Stop getting fed this bs that people wanna take your guns away.

[@Justusson]

@@ZunamiRevert In Australia they did. All of them. And it worked swell!!! Haven’t had a shooting since then, in the 90’s,.. Germany, also mentioned in the clip. Have not fallen into communism either (bs GOP propaganda), but is thriving well too. Only in America people fear the government in such a way. That’s sad,..

[@ZunamiRevert]

@@Justusson Yea. America is a sad sight to see when it comes to our citizens not giving a damn about kids and their neighbors dying because they wanna keep their rifle that they'll never shoot a day in their life.

[@duvanok3277]

"You can't legislate against evil." True. But we can legislate how much damage that evil person can do. Jesus Christ.... how can you NOT SEE THIS!!!?

[@clewgayming]

I keep saying this and always will. It's easier to take down someone who has a knife with your bare hands than it is someone has a gun.

[@natalieharless1715]

TY!!!!!!!!

[@urbanart7325]

You have a gun in your home ? You need to pay another $1000 per gun.just an idea

[@jacobwilkie241]

@@urbanart7325 That's not enough if it's an assault rifle, shotgun or sniper. If it's a carry on, yeah, that number sounds right but the 1 shot kill guns need to be $10000 per gun.

[@clewgayming]

@@urbanart7325 Make every firearm incapable of being purchased. Set the price into the trillions

[@danst35]

"Gun control laws are not the answer" that says everything you need to know!! How disgusting

[@jayros4269]

They will literally do nothing, because most mass shootings are done with illegal hand guns.

[@jasonjohnson5024]

It's sad times to live in America

[@jonathanhall6426]

I am sure I can find the exit for you somewhere.

[@nattie5330]

@Don Nwzad the cooy/paste King! You are so uneducated that when steal someone else's comment as your own and because you think that it's brilliant you copy/paste it in EVERY comment .

[@jasonjohnson5024]

@@molgee3094 nal thanks to trump and the proud boys

[@CollinMac96]

@@jonathanhall6426 leave then

[@i_know_it_all]

My whole thing is, isn’t the 2nd amendment meant for a time when you could only use a gun that shot one bullet and took 15minutes to reload??? The entire constitution is antiquated.

[@joeb4142]

Exactly. But I think it’s the right’s incorrect interpretation of the constitution that’s to blame.

[@i_know_it_all]

@@vitalsigns2679 I wasn't asking how long it takes to reload a musket...

[@CollinMac96]

Social media should be abolished because there was no internet back then. No voicing your opinions online anymore

[@CollinMac96]

@@vitalsigns2679 they don’t care to inform themselves lol. They just repeat what cnn tells them

[@i_know_it_all]

@@CollinMac96 too bad so sad I’ll continue to put my opinions online haha

[@crooked_letters]

I can summarize his response for everybody: “thoughts and prayers”

[@zeusapollo8688]

Prey ers

[@Navi1057]

The fact that he is an elected official demonstrates the “you can’t legislate against evil”. So why have any law?

[@mcavity]

"nothing can be done" says man in only place this happens regularly..

[@voxkine9385]

“Just heartbreaking stories...” Yea... I get the feeling that’s all it is to you.

[@Raymund-Swales]

That was the first thing I noticed too.

[@TheBigStink9268]

This guy should be on the freedumb Caucus

[@mreeeeeegf]

As a european I was always wondering: Why do Americans feel like everyone should have a gun? Why should everyone be possessing lethal firearms, designed to harm or kill? Why guns, why not bombs? Why not landmines? It's so weird. There's probably thousands out there who'd like to blow some building up, but they can't, because they don't have access to such explosives, hence it doesn't happen. How are guns different? I am honestly confused, American Culture is damn strange

[@pwnedlikeanub]

Host: "Why are criminals buying guns in states with weaker gun laws, bringing them into states with tougher gun laws and committing crimes?" NRA-funded politician: "I can't answer that!" What a joke this guy is!

[@athgowla687]

'If a criminal would sit down and think...' Yeah, that's what they are known for: thinking...

[@lynnebucher6537]

Apparently they do SOME thinking, how else would you explain the why so many shootings happen in soft targets versus say, a police station.

[@athgowla687]

@@lynnebucher6537 Good point! It is probably not real thinking but a coward's instinct.

[@vickiesims1600]

Did I just hear him say 'We need to abide by the Constitution?' Really?

[@brucecampbell4528]

Citizens of America have Second Amendment rights because they live and breath - not because government officials have chosen to bestow them with such, as some sort of privilege.

[@609peyton]

I just want this all to stop. Breaks my heart 💔

[@linuxd]

The second amendment is based on the security of the free state. It says so in the direct wording of the constitution. These mass shootings are degrading the security of the free state and federal regulations are more than acceptable by the constitution.

[@mRibbons]

"passing laws banning guns won't solve the problem." Wat. We've never even tried.

[@jonathanhall6426]

turn off CNN. It magically all goes away once you do that.

[@hunterblane610]

@@jonathanhall6426 I mean, it will happen, they just don’t know about it. That’s the whole “ignorance is bliss” idea.

[@g0679]

@Darkgreen 0311 (Facts?)

[@darlene2709]

"One of the victims in the FedEx shooting in Indiana may have tried to thwart the gunman - pulling out his own gun in vain before being shot dead late Thursday. Levi Miller, who works at the plant in Plainfield just outside Indianapolis, was on break when he heard the quick succession of gunshots in the parking lot. “My friend at the time witnessed a man who was not part of the incident but also pulled out a gun from his truck to try and engage the shooter and he died because of it,” Miller said Friday morning on NBC’s “Today” show."

[@nattie5330]

So much for conservative talking points about the good guy with a gun thawing the bad guy with a gun

[@darlene2709]

@@nattie5330 Can you imagine what the result of arming teachers would be? That was the suggestion after the Parkland shooting.

[@nattie5330]

@@darlene2709 those kids would have straight A's in every class. Wouldn't DARE not turn in homework

[@TheNefastor]

Give that cretin a Darwin Award, stat. I mean, give it to his relatives, of course, since he died from stupid.

[@pacotaco5526]

@@darlene2709 yup exactly! I was just was thinking about the "good guy with a gun" nonsense..

[@RandolphStranz]

The GOP states that "we gun violence because of drug abuse and poverty", but it's odd that they don't want to do anything about that either.

[@lylegardner7260]

And THEN you remember the Las Vegas shooter who was white, wealthy, sober, passed whatever mental health screenings he was put up against in his life, and still shot a bunch of people for no reason.

[@CollinMac96]

@@lylegardner7260 most gun violence is done in inner cities and low income areas

[@lylegardner7260]

@@CollinMac96 and yet mass shootings can be anywhere and any demographic.

[@asbe0180]

The saddest part of this clip ,is that Congress is FULL of " Problem solvers" like this Southern hayseed.

[@tsdunn1]

He said, 'you can't legislate evil'. But they do, only when they consider it "evil".

[@GoriusMaximus]

I guess he thinks that rape, child abuse or murder isn’t evil since there are laws against them.

[@garsoltero]

I don't understand how these people can look at themselves in the mirror. "I'll do and say whatever you want as long as you give me money. I don't care who dies (literally)" is where they stand. Also, I don't understand why CNN thinks they can get them to have a "reasonable" debate.

[@dahliablue3911]

Way to go Pamela Brown! I love her interviews. Spot on research and super focus; damn good journalist for this day and age. She just shone a huge lightbulb onto what I think can safely be described as ‘Neanderthal’ thinking. Ooh! It’s time for people like him to go! Vote on, and vote OUT.

[@austinparikh1735]

"Neanderthal" thinking : Do not screw with amendment rights that clearly state that you have the right to bear arms, but you don't have the right to shoot anyone and everyone that doesn't agree with you. Abide by that and you will be ok. Left-wing thinking : we should ban all guns and that will put an end to all gun violence. Meanwhile the left-wing vice president (because she is in charge of the southern border surge) is letting cartel shipments loaded with guns and drugs right in to this country. And then the same group of left-wing activists who literally will listen and believe anything CNN tells them wonders why there are so many gun-related crimes.

[@Brian-un7wf]

"Well it's about mental health". "Red flag laws aren't fair" Excuse me, WTF?

[@NetanyahooWarCriminal]

Yes drug abuse is the problem, not the overwhelming despair that drives people there

[@mikebryant5861]

Irrelevant

[@zeusapollo8688]

Relevant

[@mikebryant5861]

@@zeusapollo8688 Irrelevant

[@zeusapollo8688]

Now this is the enlightened discussion the internet is for

[@NetanyahooWarCriminal]

@@zeusapollo8688 wheeeeeeee

[@waiwong1304]

Man, Pam lead him down the rabbit hole, got him to say exactly what she wanted him to say. Trap and destroy.

[@dominiqueeverett5856]

He has to talk to his campaign donors before answering all questions.

[@abbacomtek]

Sweet baby Jesus , and “this” sort of shallow minded man is one of your lawmakers !!! LORD HAVE MERCY ON US !!!