{"id":1076002,"date":"2021-12-02T10:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076002"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:13:55","slug":"michigan-democrats-react-to-oxford-high-shooting-with-gun-control-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-democrats-react-to-oxford-high-shooting-with-gun-control-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Democrats React to Oxford High Shooting with Gun Control Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-democrats-react-to-oxford-high-shooting-with-gun-control-push%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076002&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21335743377163-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrats and their surrogates in Mike Bloomberg-affiliated groups united Wednesday in calls for gun control barely 24-hours&nbsp; after Michigan\u2019s Oxford High shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/oxford-school-shooting-aftermath-sheriff-says-solution-isnt-more-laws-but-prosecuting-lawbreakers\/\">reported<\/a> that Tuesday\u2019s shooting took three lives initially, then a fourth individual succumbed to gunshot wounds on Wednesday. Numerous individuals, including a teacher, were injured.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The shooter used a handgun his father had purchased on Black Friday 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/detroit.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/01\/push-for-gun-control-bills-renewed-after-oxford-high-school-shooting\/\">noted<\/a> that Democrats began pushing for gun legislation Wednesday, \u201c[vowing]&nbsp;to push new gun-control legislation and to revive stalled bills in Michigan\u2019s Republican-led Legislature following&nbsp;the mass shooting&nbsp;that occurred at Oxford High School.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D) said, \u201cWe can\u2019t do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe have to take action. Right this minute, today, I think I really, really want to focus on the families and \u2026 just trying to help them know that we\u2019re here for them, that we\u2019re supporting them in any way we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bayer did not outline any specific gun control that would have prevented Tuesday\u2019s attack, but pledged to do so soon.<\/p>\n<p>FOX17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox17online.com\/news\/politics\/sen-who-represents-oxford-says-focus-is-on-helping-community-but-action-on-gun-laws-could-come-soon\">quoted<\/a> Bayer saying, \u201cVery quickly, we\u2019ll have new bills, new ideas, more new things that we\u2019re going to try to pull and change the script in the Legislature in Lansing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, some Michigan Republicans reacted to news of the shooting by talking about allowing teachers to be armed for classroom defense.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Detroit Free Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/12\/01\/oxford-high-school-shooting-renews-debate-over-michigan-gun-policies\/8820389002\/\">observed<\/a>&nbsp;hours after the Oxford High shooting Michigan&nbsp;Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock tweeted, \u201cMany people tonight would give anything for a gun carrying teacher in Oxford today around 1 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On December 13, 2018, Breitbart News<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/12\/13\/commission-investigating-parkland-votes-13-1-to-arm-teachers\/\">&nbsp;reported<\/a>&nbsp;the commission investigating the February 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting voted 13-1 to allow teachers to be armed in order to stop future attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri headed the commission, and noted that the commission\u2019s&nbsp;investigation into the Parkland shooting had changed his views on armed teachers; that he went from opposing it to supporting it. He noted, \u201cPeople need to keep an open mind to it as the reality is that if someone else in that school had a gun it could have saved kids\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats and their surrogates in Mike Bloomberg-affiliated groups united Wednesday in calls for gun control barely 24-hours\u00a0 after Michigan\u2019s Oxford High shooting. 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