{"id":1501416,"date":"2022-06-02T14:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501416"},"modified":"2022-06-02T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T18:15:13","slug":"democratic-senator-who-went-viral-for-impassioned-speech-on-gun-control-writes-op-ed-for-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-who-went-viral-for-impassioned-speech-on-gun-control-writes-op-ed-for-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senator Who Went Viral For Impassioned Speech On Gun Control Writes Op-Ed For Fox News"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdemocratic-senator-who-went-viral-for-impassioned-speech-on-gun-control-writes-op-ed-for-fox-news%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=1501416&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>Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy wrote an op-ed for Fox News on Thursday calling for more gun control in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, who went viral for his impassioned speech on the Senate floor lambasting his colleague for doing \u201cnothing\u201d to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/01\/tulsa-mass-shooting-hospital-st-francis-hospital-oklahoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mass shootings<\/a>, wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-gun-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed<\/a> to call for some sort of compromise on the issue. He acknowledged that \u201cin order to find common ground, I will need to agree to a smaller set of reforms than I would prefer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The measures he proposed in the op-ed included tightening background check requirements and red flag laws, while also providing more resources for mental health. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/28\/cowards-police-officer-reflects-delayed-officer-response-texas-uvalde-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018We Felt Like Cowards\u2019: Police Officer Reflects On The Delayed Officer Response At Uvalde School Shooting)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe changes I\u2019m suggesting aren\u2019t radical. Almost 90 percent of people \u2013 including Republicans and gun owners \u2013 support requiring background checks on all gun sales,\u201d he wrote. \u201cYou\u2019d be hard-pressed to find something more Americans can agree on \u2013 not even apple pie is that popular.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7442222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7442222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) addresses a rally with fellow Senate Democrats and gun control advocacy groups outside the U.S. Capitol on May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murphy acknowledged in the op-ed that he does not know whether the reforms would have stopped the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/uvalde-consolidated-independent-school-district-texas-elementary-active-shooter-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uvalde shooting<\/a>, but said the high level of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/14\/fans-injured-shooting-celtics-bucks-nba-game-milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gun violence<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. requires change regardless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy desire is simple \u2013 to find a way for Republicans and Democrats to come together around a small but meaningful set of changes to our nation\u2019s gun laws, along with major investments in mental health, that will make it less likely that another Sandy Hook or Uvalde ever happens again,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, alongside Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/democrats-texas-shooting-school-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduced<\/a> the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act (CNCSA) in 2020, which would have prohibited federal funding from being used for police in schools.<\/p>\n<p>The senator, however, said in the op-ed he was \u201cvery supportive\u201d of \u201cfunding to pay for security upgrades at our schools\u201d as part of a compromise bill.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Murphy did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Connecticut Sen. 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