{"id":543,"date":"2023-05-09T00:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2023-05-09T00:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:36:52","slug":"top-house-republican-falsely-claims-gun-control-doesnt-work-so-gop-wont-act-to-stop-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Top House Republican Falsely Claims Gun Control Doesn&#8217;t Work So GOP Won&#8217;t Act To Stop Mass Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - PoliticusUSA - PoliticusUSA --><\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>The #2 Republican within the Home, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), instructed reporters that gun management doesn\u2019t work, Republicans gained\u2019t be taking on gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Manu Raju tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Scalise, No. 2 in Home, indicators no new motion on weapons regardless of mass shootings<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cCongress handed extra gun management. I opposed it as a result of I knew it would not clear up the issue. It simply makes it more durable for law-abiding residents to get weapons to defend themselves,\u201d he instructed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MZanona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MZanona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1655660954602840079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Steve Scalise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2017\/06\/14\/terry-mcauliffe-speaks-truth-guns-street.html\">was shot in 2017 at a practice for the congressional baseball game,<\/a> however not even being a sufferer of gun violence has deterred him from spreading the lies and misinformation of the NRA.<\/p>\n<p>In response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-science-is-clear-gun-control-saves-lives\/\">Scientific American<\/a>, the science on the affect of gun legal guidelines reveals that Rep. Scalise is incorrect, \u201cScience factors to legal guidelines that might work to cut back shootings, to decrease loss of life. Among the many easiest can be higher allowing legal guidelines with fewer loopholes. When Missouri repealed its allow regulation, gun-related killings elevated by 25 p.c. One other can be to ban people who find themselves convicted of violent crime from shopping for a gun. In California, earlier than the state handed such a regulation, individuals convicted of crimes have been nearly 30 p.c extra prone to be arrested once more for a gun or violent crime than those that, after the regulation, couldn\u2019t purchase a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Science reveals that legal guidelines which might be supposed to cut back shootings work. There&#8217;s a clear distinction between legal guidelines to maintain weapons out of the arms of potential mass shooters, and \u2018banning weapons.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and the NRA all the time take the argument to the acute and body any try to do one thing about gun violence as \u2018banning weapons,\u2019 however there&#8217;s a complete coverage panorama accessible between the 2 extremes of let\u2019s let everybody has as many weapons as they need the entire time, and let\u2019s take away the entire weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of People are within the center, and so they need the killings to cease.<\/p>\n<p>The message being despatched by Steve Scalise is that Republicans are going to proceed to allow mass shooters and never raise a finger to make the bloodshed cease.<\/p>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-gravatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jason.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/jason.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>Jason is the managing editor. He&#8217;s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor\u2019s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and\u00a0 Skilled Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and The American Political Science Affiliation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2023\/05\/08\/steve-scalise-gun-control.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #2 Republican within the Home, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), instructed reporters that gun management doesn\u2019t work, Republicans gained\u2019t be taking on gun laws. CNN\u2019s Manu Raju tweeted: Steve Scalise, No. 2 in Home, indicators no new motion on weapons regardless of mass shootings\u00a0\u201cCongress handed extra gun management. 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