Steve Scalise says mass shootings are the cost of the Second Amendment

Source: thinkprogress.org --- Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Just weeks after his return to Congress following life-threatening injuries sustained from a shooting at a congressional Baseball practice over the summer, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) appeared on Fox News Tuesday morning to defend the Second Amendment, claiming that deadly shootings were the price of freedom. During a Fox & Friends interview, Scalise was specifically asked how he felt about gun control given that he himself had been shot and given the recent shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and scores more injured. “It’s what our Founding Fathers envisioned. If you go and look at the writings of our Founding Fathers, they believe strongly in the rights of people to arm themselves for self-defense,” said Scalise. “And that’s something that’s still strong today, and you see threats against it.” FOX: How do you feel after being shot & after the Las Vegas massacre? SCALISE: Hey, this is what what our founding fathers envisioned. http://pic.twitter.com/OkUwZ4kXvS — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2017 Scalise added that this is “part of our Constitution” and the cost of living in a free America. “…Look, people need to tone down the rhetoric,” he said. “This is part of our Constitution in our country. Go read what Thomas Jefferson wrote, what John Adams wrote about the importance of people having firearms to protect themselves.” Following the Las Vegas shooting — the deadliest in modern American history — support for stricter ...

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