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DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump and 2024 Republicans\u2019 public safety agenda is more guns. They continue to put the interests of the NRA and the gun lobby ahead of the safety of our children and our communities. Trump\u2019s radical, dangerous proposals to arm teachers instead of passing commonsense gun legislation would make our country less safe, and the MAGA GOP field has fallen in line behind his reckless plans. While MAGA Republicans put special interests ahead of the American people, President Biden has made real progress to keep our country safe, including enacting the most significant bipartisan gun safety legislation in a generation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year in a closed-door ceremony with NRA representatives, Ron DeSantis signed dangerous legislation that could make it easier for criminals to carry weapons. DeSantis has also pledged to \u201cabsolutely\u201d support open-carry legislation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cWith little fanfare, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday allowing residents to carry a concealed loaded weapon without a permit. DeSantis signed the bill in a nonpublic event in his office with only bill sponsors, legislative leaders and gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association, in attendance.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Times<\/a>: \u201cGov. Ron DeSantis was recorded Thursday telling a member of a gun rights group that he supports allowing Floridians to openly carry guns in public \u2014 a measure that has been publicly opposed by some law enforcement officials and that would go further than any bill now filed for the upcoming legislative session.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Yeah, absolutely,\u2019 DeSantis is heard to say during a 10-second interaction recorded by Valdes and shared with the Times. \u2018I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to do it, but I would absolutely.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WMUR<\/a>: \u201cWould you, as president, sign a bill that would allow for national concealed carry of permitted firearms for responsible gun owners?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikki Haley still refuses to support gun safety legislation, and she opposed expanding background checks in the wake of the tragic shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church when she was governor of South Carolina.<\/strong>
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USA Today<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley’s town hall here in one of the first primary states opened against the backdrop of a deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. The Republican presidential hopeful started her pitch by addressing the shooting and telling voters she wants more metal detectors, not more gun control legislation. She called for schools to have one entrance and to use the metal detectors there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Times<\/a>: \u201cSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Sunday said the botched FBI background check that allowed the man accused of the massacre at a historic black church in Charleston to buy the handgun used in the attack is tragic but does not justify expanding such checks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at the NRA convention this year just days after the mass shooting in Nashville and has said everyone \u2014 including former felons \u2014 should be able to carry dangerous weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cGOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to call for shut down of ATF, expanded 2A rights in NRA convention speech\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Second Amendment Absolutist\u2019 Ramaswamy Endorses Gun Ownership For Convicted Felons\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/a>: \u201cI do think concealed carry is important, constitutional carry is important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/a>: \u201cVivek Ramaswamy is exploiting the Maine shooting to spread cruel health myths\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Christie has repeatedly opposed commonsense gun safety legislation \u2014 including in the wake of devastating mass shootings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) late Friday vetoed a bill to ban a powerful model of assault weapon that he initially advocated in the wake of last December\u2019s elementary school shootings in Newtown, Conn. The bill that passed New Jersey\u2019s Democratic legislature would have prohibited the Barrett .50 caliber long-range rifle. Although Christie this spring proposed a ban on future sales of the firearm, he vetoed the ultimate bill because he said it went too far, requiring residents who already own the rifle to give theirs up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cFamilies of children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School lashed out at Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Wednesday for vetoing a gun control bill that would have banned the sales of ammunition magazines larger than 10 rounds, after he dismissed it as a \u2018trivial approach\u2019 to gun violence and \u2018the embodiment of reform in name only.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/a>: \u201cChristie, seen as a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, also conditionally vetoed two other bills designed to curb gun violence, sending them back to the state legislature with language that the Democrat-controlled body was unlikely to accept. The two measures would have created laws requiring law enforcement to report lost and stolen gun data to a federal database, embed information about gun permits onto a driver\u2019s license, create instant background checks and require safety training for gun owners.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NJ.com<\/a>: \u201cOn the heels of the shooting of four U.S. servicemen at a Chattanooga military recruitment center and nine churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., Christie was asked by a questioner at Chapanga’s Griddle & Grill for his position on assault weapons. \u2018We need an attorney general who’s going to understand that we don’t need to pass new laws,\u2019 said Christie, \u2018We have plenty of laws on the books to stop this.\u2019 \u2026 \u2018On the issue of assault weapons, here’s the problem,\u2019 said Christie. \u2018No matter what laws we pass, the folks who commit these crimes are not looking to do a background check at the local gun store to buy their gun. They’re buying them from other criminals.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asa Hutchinson has long been tied to the NRA \u2014 he worked as an NRA consultant and received a glowing endorsement for his second gubernatorial campaign in Arkansas.<\/strong>
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KATV<\/a>: \u201cWhile there is no record of NRA donations to Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s campaign for governor, Hutchinson has been a longtime friend to the NRA. When Hutchinson was campaigning for a seat in the House, the NRA donated a total of $19,399 to his campaigns from 1995-2002, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. In 2012, he served as an NRA consultant and task force chair. In 2018, the NRA endorsed his second run for governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It is great to once again have the support of the National Rifle Association,\u2019 Hutchinson said in a statement during the campaign. \u2018I have always been a strong supporter of both the 2nd Amendment and the mission of the NRA,\u2019 Hutchinson said in a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump and 2024 Republicans\u2019 public safety agenda is more guns. They continue to put the interests of the NRA and the gun lobby ahead of the safety of our children and our communities. 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