{"id":1090038,"date":"2021-12-06T13:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1090038"},"modified":"2021-12-06T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T18:28:44","slug":"chris-murphy-talks-assault-weapons-ban-after-oxford-high-handgun-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-murphy-talks-assault-weapons-ban-after-oxford-high-handgun-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Murphy Talks &#039;Assault Weapons&#039; Ban After Oxford High Handgun Attack"},"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%2Fchris-murphy-talks-assault-weapons-ban-after-oxford-high-handgun-attack%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=1090038&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\/GettyImages-1231341672-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) talked to CNN\u2019s State of the Union on Sunday about universal background checks and an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, in the aftermath of the Oxford High handgun attack.<\/p>\n<p>However, Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chris-murphy-settle-scaled-back-gun-control-senate-oxford-2021-12\">made clear<\/a>&nbsp;Murphy said he would take less in the way of gun control if doing so would bring Republicans to the table.<\/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>Murphy said, \u201cI won\u2019t let the perfect be the enemy of the good\u2026I want universal background checks, I want a ban on assault weapons, but I will settle for something much less because that will save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Murphy said he would settle for ending what Democrats refer to as the \u201cgun show loophole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban would not have prevented the Oxford High shooting, which was carried out with a handgun. NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/03\/1061190344\/michigan-school-shooting-parents-oxford-charged\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the gun was acquired \u201cat a local gun shop.\u201d Retail sales from gun shops\/gun stores already require a background check.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSotu\/status\/1467518629193392137\">told CNN<\/a> he would support a gun storage law and said, \u201cIt\u2019s not about taking anyone\u2019s weapons away, it\u2019s just about saying, if you\u2019re going to own a weapon store it safe.\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>Sen. 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