{"id":1960440,"date":"2023-06-29T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-more-gun-control-cant-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:31:25","slug":"rfk-jr-says-more-gun-control-cant-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-more-gun-control-cant-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. claims stricter gun control won&#8217;t significantly curb gun violence."},"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%2Frfk-jr-says-more-gun-control-cant-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence%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=1960440&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a0(Photo by Lisa Lake\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:29 AM \u2013 Thursday, June 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>During a town hall event with NewsNation on Wednesday, 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. diverted from the majority of his party, asserting there is nothing politicians can \u201cmeaningfully\u201d do through additional gun restrictions to lessen America\u2019s gun violence crisis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>An audience member asked Kennedy, who is running against President Joe Biden for the Democrat nomination in 2024, how he would utilize federal resources to reduce gun violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI do not believe that there is, within that second amendment, that there\u2019s anything we can meaningfully do to reduce the trade in the ownership of guns,\u201d he said, \u201cand I\u2019m not going to take people\u2019s guns away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnybody who tells you that they\u2019re going to be able to reduce gun violence through gun control at this point I don\u2019t think is being realistic,\u201d Kennedy continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His focus on not infringing on Americans\u2019 fundamental rights parallels a stereotypical conservative perspective on the limitations of addressing gun violence through further gun legislation.<\/p>\n<p>After a shooter had killed three children and three adults at an elementary school in his home state earlier this year, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) similarly declared that there is no way to \u201cfix\u201d gun violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a horrible, horrible situation,\u201d Burchett told the press. \u201cAnd we\u2019re not gonna fix it. Criminals are gonna be criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following the same shooting, Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) also stated that legislators have gone \u201cabout as far as we\u2019re going to\u201d on gun control legislation.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Democrat presidential contender did voice one viewpoint that is more in line with the party whose candidacy he is seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy stated that he would support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-more-gun-control-cant-meaningfully-reduce-gun-violence\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. claims stricter gun control won't significantly curb gun violence.\">bipartisan assault weapons ban<\/a>, which is supported by the vast majority of Democrats but is believed to have no chance of passing through Congress due to significant Republican opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf we can get a consensus on it, if Republicans and Democrats agree to it and it passes Congress, I would sign it,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Voters in the Chicago debate had questioned Kennedy on topics ranging from his COVID-19 vaccine skepticism to U.S. policies regarding Ukraine and China.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for supporting my campaign! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kennedy24?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kennedy24<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XR0u87nyQQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/XR0u87nyQQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VbyzcuTjhc\">pic.twitter.com\/VbyzcuTjhc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. 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One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has that story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with David Kallman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Emerald Robinson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Bob Bianchi<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Chinese food delivery giant Meituan said on Thursday that it is acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) company Light Year from its co-founder\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Australia\u2019s Medibank Private Ltd said on Thursday it was facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-seeks-to-fend-off-eu-antitrust-charge-triggered-by-spotify-at-hearing\/\" title=\"Apple fights EU antitrust charge over Spotify complaint at hearing.\">fourth shareholder class-action lawsuit<\/a> over a cyberattack incident last\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms\u2019 Oversight Board on Thursday called for the suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) -French minerals group Imerys on Thursday announced plans to mine lithium in the UK and said the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a town hall event, 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. 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