MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Wednesday on “Deadline” that the shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ championship parade is “another sad, sad chapter in America’s love affair with military long arms.” .
“First of all, it’s heartbreaking,” MacAskill said. “This is a wonderful community, and there are about a million or more people there today, who love each other, forget all their differences, and come together in joyous moments.” And now it will always be defined by the person who did this incredible act.”
She continued, “I think what most of my friends in Kansas City are feeling right now is both heartbreak and anger. This sense of community, this sense of community, that someone is going to screw this up. It’s scary how angry people are about ruining a fun sense of community. As you know, Missouri has some of the most open and liberal gun laws in the country, allowing anyone to carry long guns outdoors anywhere. Police in cities are so limited in what they can do against people openly carrying weapons of war on the streets of St. Louis and Kansas City that they are challenged by the law. You know, they want to make sure that the Missouri Legislature is controlled. Missouri has been controlled by local leaders, Republican leaders. They think guns are okay because they are concerned with rural areas, not a million people living in a concentrated area.The damage a long gun can do, especially the possibility of rapid fire on human life. About the damage caused by a certain gun.
MacAskill added, “This is another sad, sad chapter in America’s love affair with military long weapons that can kill a lot of people and injure a lot of people in a short period of time.” I don’t care if someone says, ‘She’s making a political statement about guns at this time.’ Yes, it’s time to do that. I guarantee you that it is a time when the majority of people in this country want something to change about how dangerous it has become to be in crowded urban spaces and school classrooms. It is completely unconscionable that we have allowed so many guns in this country. ”
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