Chuck Todd says GOP 'obsessed' with an 'absolute right' to own a gun that he claims 'does not exist'
A memorial is seen surrounding the Robb Elementary School sign following the mass shooting on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement.
"No member of Congress has been voted out of office for being too pro-gun. Not one. Until the majorities who claim they want tougher background checks and to get assault weapons off the street, vote like they mean it. We can expect to hear more calls for thoughts and prayers and that’s it," Todd said.in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting. Todd suggested there was no"absolute right" to own a gun in this country.
Cindy Nell of Prince Georges County, Md., holds a list of school shootings since 1998 during a demonstration with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at the Senate steps of the U.S. Capitol after the latest mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. "Because this current version of the Republican Party is being held hostage by a vocal minority obsessed with an absolute right that does not exist," he declared.
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