{"id":1496410,"date":"2022-05-29T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T17:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496410"},"modified":"2022-05-29T13:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T17:29:45","slug":"gop-congressman-claims-raising-age-to-purchase-guns-to-21-is-a-no-brainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-claims-raising-age-to-purchase-guns-to-21-is-a-no-brainer\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Claims Raising Age To Purchase Guns To 21 Is \u2018A No-Brainer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fgop-congressman-claims-raising-age-to-purchase-guns-to-21-is-a-no-brainer%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=1496410&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--><p>One Republican congressman has claimed that raising the age for Americans to buy a firearm to 21 years old is a \u201cno-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger made the statement during an interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that raising the minimum age of gun purchases to 21 is a no-brainer,\u201d Kinzinger stated.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonkarl<\/a> that raising minimum age for gun purchases to 21 \u201cis a no brainer&#8221; to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the Parkland shooting, you look at Buffalo, you look at this shooting, these are people under the age of 21.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ndo3NsrFp7\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ndo3NsrFp7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBpxDBiyJF\">pic.twitter.com\/mBpxDBiyJF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1530916688153169920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the Parkland shooting, you look at Buffalo, you look at this shooting, these are people under the age of 21. We know that the human brain develops and matures a lot between the ages of 18 and 21. We just raised, without really so much as a blink, the age of purchasing cigarettes federally to 21. I think we need to get there eventually,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come days after a Tuesday shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. The shooter was killed by a Border Patrol officer who stormed the classroom to end the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, 17 other people were injured during the mass shooting that has become the worst in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger also agreed with the possibility of banning AR-15s during the interview, claiming he\u2019s \u201cdefinitely ready to engage in that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On possibility of banning AR-15s, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonkarl<\/a> that he\u2019s \u201cdefinitely ready to engage in that conversation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m focused on saving life now.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMF1D41jSI\">https:\/\/t.co\/uMF1D41jSI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F7YRXNf7mO\">pic.twitter.com\/F7YRXNf7mO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1530923211268956160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his changing views on guns, Kinzinger referred to growing tired of mass shootings in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a strong defender of the Second Amendment,\u201d Kinzinger told Karl. \u201cAnd one of the things I believe that for some reason is a very rare thing is that as a person that appreciates and believes in the Second Amendment, we have to be the ones putting forward reasonable solutions to gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tragic shooting occurred just a week after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that killed ten people. The events have led a bipartisan group of senators to discuss potential gun reform legislation in response.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) \u00a0told reporters he met with Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) this week and encouraged senators to collaborate on potential solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hopeful that we could come up with a bipartisan solution that\u2019s directly related to the facts of this awful massacre,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2022-05-27\/senate-gop-blocks-domestic-terrorism-bill-gun-policy-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the Uvalde school shooting, Kinzinger has been among the most vocal Republicans to speak out for new gun laws. The Illinois Republican has also served on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) select House committee to investigate the events of January 6.<\/p>\n<p>He was also one of ten GOP House members to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump following the events of January 6 at the U.S. Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/rep-adam-kinzinger-wont-seek-reelection-next-year-517599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in October that he would not run for reelection following the state\u2019s new redistricting maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Republican congressman has claimed that raising the age for Americans to buy a firearm to 21 years old is a \u201cno-brainer.\u201d Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger made the statement during an interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d Sunday. \u201cI think that raising the minimum age of gun purchases to 21 is a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1496424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1496424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}