Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to freeze the sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada, the CBC reports.
Biden Insists McConnell Is ‘Rational’ Republican
President Joe Biden insisted Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is “rational” and could agree to gun control, despite the party’s longtime refusal to seriously entertain policy changes on firearms, Insider reports.
Said Biden: “McConnell is a rational Republican. Cornyn is as well. I think things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it.”
Mo Brooks Hints at Armed Insurrection
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Fox News that he is opposed to any new restrictions on guns — even regarding military-style assault weapons — because we need them to “take back” our government.
Brooks exploded at the Fox News host when she insisted there was no evidence that the 2020 election was rigged.
Greg Abbott Booed at Memorial for School Shooting
The crowd booed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as he arrived at the memorial outside of Uvalde Elementary School where 21 people were gunned down last week.
In contrast, the crowd cheered for President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
Mo Brooks Blames Decline in Moral Values for Shootings
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) blamed the decline of “moral values” in the U.S. for mass shootings that have devastated the country, The Hill reports.
Said Brooks: “If we teach proper moral values and if we teach respect for human life, then that is the way to fix the problem.”
Greg Abbott Cut Spending for Mental Health
“Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a ‘mental health challenge’ and the state needed to “do a better job with mental health” — yet in April he slashed $211 million from the department that oversees mental health programs,” NBC News reports.
“In addition, Texas ranked last out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia for overall access to mental health care.”
Police Chief Who Waited Had Active Shooter Training
“The police chief who officials said decided to wait to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, completed an active shooter training course in December,” NBC News reports.
Inside McConnell’s Long Effort to Block Gun Control
Washington Post: “The Standard Gravure massacre provided an early glimpse of how McConnell — now the Republican Senate minority leader — would handle mass shootings and their aftermath over the next three decades, consistently working to delay, obstruct or prevent most major gun control legislation from passing Congress.“
“McConnell would go on to follow a similar playbook time and time again during his seven terms in Congress, offering vague promises of action, often without any specifics, only to be followed by no action or incremental measures that avoided new gun regulations. As a Republican leader, he also helped dissuade his conference — as after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — from supporting gun legislation and, as majority leader, refused to bring up significant gun control measures for a vote.”
Could Trump Tank Gun Reform Negotiations?
Playbook: “There’s no doubt that Trump’s endorsement power has waned, but could his words shaming anyone looking at gun restrictions chill fledgling bipartisan talks on Capitol Hill? We’ll soon find out. These talks already face a serious uphill climb, coming just months before the midterms.”
Flashback Exchange of the Day
The New York Times quotes from a conversation between then-President Donald Trump with his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, after a far-right gunman killed 23 people at a Walmart store in El Paso in 2019.
TRUMP: What are we going to do about assault rifles?
MULVANEY: Not a damn thing.
TRUMP: Why?
MULVANEY: Because, you would lose.
Quote of the Day
“We all know they want total gun confiscation, know that this would be a first step. Once they get the first step, they’ll take the second step, the third, the fourth, and then you’ll have a whole different look at the Second Amendment.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, at the NRA convention in Texas.
Senator Runs Into Locked Door Trying to Dodge Questions
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has taken more than $1 million in campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association, ran into a locked door as he tried to dodge CNN’s questions about gun legislation.
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Police Slow to Engage Because ‘They Could’ve Been Shot’
A lieutenant with the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN that police were reluctant to immediately engage with the gunman who spent an hour inside the elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., where he killed 19 children and two adults because “they could’ve been shot.”
House Panel Launches Probe Into Gun Makers
“In the wake of two massacres that have killed 31 people in less than two weeks, the chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into gun manufacturers,” the Washington Post reports.
Quote of the Day
“It feels different right now.”
— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), expressing hope that 70 or 80 senators will vote on gun reform legislation.
Cassidy Justifies AR-15 Ownership to Kill Feral Pigs
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Vice News that he thought people still needed assault weapons to kill “feral pigs.”
Said Cassidy: “If you talk to the people that own it, killing feral pigs in the, whatever, the middle of Louisiana. They’ll wonder: ‘Why would you take it away from me?’ I’m law abiding, I’ve never done anything, I use it to kill feral pigs. The action of a criminal deprives me of my right.”
Insider: “Cassidy’s remarks inadvertently referenced a meme from 2019 involving a hypothetical argument on Twitter made in support of keeping assault weapons legal.”
Time for Bold Action on Guns
Michael Gerson: “Honestly, I don’t know how effective any of these three ideas — reducing the permissible age for gun sales, strengthening background checks and passing a national red-flag law — would be in the prevention of mass shootings. But I know that none of them are remotely unconstitutional.”
“And I know that a healthy legislative process would pass these laws, closely monitor their effectiveness, consider improvements to strengthen them, and then examine other promising ideas that emerge and pass other legislation.”
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