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

\u201cPresident Biden and Democrats know that our schools and communities are facing a devastating gun violence epidemic, but MAGA Republicans who have the power to make a difference are trying to roll back gun safety measures, blocking commonsense gun safety legislation, and blaming the loss of lives on everything but lax gun laws. Meanwhile, President Biden established the first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and signed into law the most impactful federal gun safety legislation in decades, investing $13 billion in public safety and mental health programs, strengthening background checks for young buyers, and supporting implementation of red flag laws. The contrast couldn\u2019t be clearer: While Donald Trump told Americans to \u2018get over\u2019 school shootings, there\u2019s only one ticket this November that has fought to keep Americans safe from gun violence, and that\u2019s President Biden and Vice President Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump has boasted that his administration \u201cdid nothing\u201d on gun control legislation and told Americans to \u201cget over\u201d school shootings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump boasted to a gathering of National Rifle Association members Friday in Pennsylvania that his administration \u2018did nothing\u2019 about guns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018During my four years, nothing happened!\u2019 he bellowed. \u2018And there was great pressure on me having to do with guns. We did nothing. <\/strong>We didn\u2019t yield.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News:<\/a> \u201cTrump tells supporters ‘we have to get over it’ after Iowa school shooting\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans in Congress and around the country are trying to roll back gun safety laws and have blocked the chance to even <\/strong>debate<\/em><\/strong> commonsense gun safety legislation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cSenate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDemocrats rush to push gun safety laws after mass shootings as Republicans stall\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cHouse Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal <\/strong>a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings<\/strong> in the U.S. over the last decade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans on Wednesday blocked efforts by Senate Democrats to pass an assault weapons ban and universal background checks legislation after the United States over the weekend broke the record for the most mass shootings in a single year.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll Call<\/a>: \u201cA Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval introduced Wednesday in the Senate by John Cornyn, R-Texas, could force the chamber to vote on overturning a rule<\/strong> from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that would expand the number of gun sellers who would be required to run background checks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCornyn had negotiated the 2022 gun violence prevention law that the administration relied on for the ATF rule. Now he has 41 Senate Republicans who back his joint resolution to stop that rule.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Mike Johnson blamed school shootings on abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Magazine<\/a>: \u201cBefore Mike Johnson Was Speaker, He Was Blaming Abortion for School Shootings\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a>: \u201cMany women use abortion as a form of birth control\u2026 When you break up the nuclear family, <\/strong>when you tell a generation of people that life has no value, no meaning, that it\u2019s expendable, then you do wind up with school shooters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Johnson<\/a>: \u201cNearly 45 million babies have been sacrificed in the name of \u2018personal choice.\u2019 \u2026 And we wouldn’t have this \u2018culture of death,\u2019 where euthanasia has become all the rage, where \u2018kids shoot other kids because they’ve learned that life has no real value.\u2019\u201d<\/strong>
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Congressional Republicans have blamed everything <\/strong>except<\/em><\/strong> loose gun laws for mass shootings. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., on Tuesday doubled down on his comments that Congress is \u2018not gonna fix\u2019 the problem of school shootings, <\/strong>saying that the country needed a \u2018real revival\u2019 rather than gun control legislation\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018If you want to legislate evil, it\u2019s just not going to happen,\u2019 <\/strong>Burchett said. \u2018We need a real revival in this country. Let\u2019s call on our Christian ministers and our people of faith.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cA day after a gunman opened fire on a school with a military-style rifle, Senator Mike Lee suggested that fatherlessness <\/strong>and family breakdown is the root cause of mass shootings and not lax gun control laws.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cGOP lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene made her anti-gun control stance clear in a tweet following a horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We don’t need more gun control,\u2019 Greene wrote. \u2018We need to return to God.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post And Courier<\/a>: \u201cDuring a press conference at the MUSC Children\u2019s Hospital, [Sen. Tim Scott] said new legislation won\u2019t be enough to prevent more violence, such as the recent massacre of children and school employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. <\/strong>\u2018The short-term fixes will only make us feel better, but won\u2019t make us any safer,\u2019 he said. \u2018I\u2019m very hesitant to jump to conclusions just because everyone wants one.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n


RealClearPolitics<\/a>: \u201cMullin blamed \u2018Hollywood elites\u2019 and video games for playing a role in the senseless \u2018horrific\u2019 tragedy,<\/strong> saying: \u2018What we always talk about is gun control, but we don’t talk about what we expose our kids to.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The number one seller of video games is Call of Duty, for the last nine years in a row,\u2019 he lamented. \u2018if you’ve ever watched that, you can see how much violence that exposes them to. You combine that with someone who has a touch of mental illness –or is mentally ill– what do you expect is going to happen?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>President Biden and congressional Democrats worked across the aisle to pass the most impactful federal gun violence prevention legislation in decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cThe legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged to be dangerous<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost of its $13 billion cost will help bolster mental health programs and aid schools, which have been targeted in Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida, and elsewhere in mass shootings.\u201d
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The majority of American voters want more gun control.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cNearly 60% of registered voters think it\u2019s at least somewhat important for lawmakers to pass stricter gun laws, a new Morning Consult\/Politico poll found<\/strong> after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York\u2014even before another shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday further ramped up calls for Congress to pass gun control legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallup Polling<\/a>: \u201cMajority in U.S. Continues to Favor Stricter Gun Laws\u201d

\u201cFifty-six percent of U.S. adults say gun laws should be stricter, <\/strong>while 31% believe they should be kept as they are now and 12% favor less strict gun laws.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center<\/a>: \u201cAmericans increasingly say that gun violence is a major problem. Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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