Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has an A rating from the National Rifle Association but he says that Democrats are at fault for not passing more gun control legislation.
During a Tuesday interview on MSNBC, host Thomas Roberts asked Kingston if he looked at the recent massacre of 20 school children in Connecticut and felt “a sense of guilt” over his tough stance against gun control.
“Where I think we have the guilt is we see a huge problem like this — and it’s a problem that’s happening in other countries as well — and we look for something that, okay, what can prevent it?” Kingston explained. “And I think that’s where we need to go with this discussion is, yes, put gun control — more gun control — on the table. But, also, don’t forget the mental health element. Don’t forget, is there a home situation that we need to learn more about? Was this young man addicted to violent video games? Was there a Hollywood influence? I think that we can’t just stop at guns.”
Roberts observed that many pro-gun Democrats had recently changed their tune and that the Republicans were in danger of being the party of “the people that defend Glocks” if they continued to oppose meaningful gun restrictions.
“What also is disturbing though is people would say, do the Republicans — I mean, here we have a town, which was controlled in the House by Democrats, in the Senate by Democrats and the White House by Democrats for two years and nothing took place for stricter gun control laws,” Kingston insisted. “So, for the partisans in our country to already start injecting politics in here, that saddens me further.”
No, this isn’t “a problem that’s happening in other countries as well.” That’s bullshit. When a sane country experiences a massacre, they get serious about gun violence and the event never repeats. Kingston is an idiot or a liar and one doesn’t rule out the other.
But what’s so galling here is that Kingston believes he has no responsibility for his votes. According to the report, “Kingston had gotten an A rating from the NRA because he had voted against gun regulations for years — including opposing the Brady Handgun Bill, supporting a partial repeal of the D.C. firearm ban, opposing restrictions on semi-automatic assault weapons and voting to decrease waiting periods.” But it’s all Democrats’ fault, because they couldn’t get to together the votes to overcome his opposition.
I’m tempted to find Kingston, sneak up behind him, and smack him over the head with a giant foam rubber clown hammer. After all, it wouldn’t be my fault, it’d be Rep. Jack’s for not stopping me.
