{"id":2338384,"date":"2024-09-08T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-calls-for-taking-ar-15s-off-the-streets-after-georgia-shooting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T16:41:28","slug":"warnock-calls-for-taking-ar-15s-off-the-streets-after-georgia-shooting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-calls-for-taking-ar-15s-off-the-streets-after-georgia-shooting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnock calls for taking AR-15s \u2018off the streets\u2019 after Georgia shooting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwarnock-calls-for-taking-ar-15s-off-the-streets-after-georgia-shooting-washington-examiner%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=2338384&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>Senator Raphael\u2062 Warnock (D-GA) has renewed his\u2063 calls for stricter gun control following a tragic shooting at Apalachee High School \u200cin Georgia, \u200dwhere a\u2064 14-year-old allegedly used an AR-15-style rifle, \u2064resulting in four deaths and nine injuries. Warnock emphasized that young teens \u200bshould not have access to such weapons and advocated for taking military-style firearms off the streets. He also criticized Congress for failing to pass universal background \u2063checks for gun purchases, questioning whether such legislation could have prevented the shooting, as the gun was reportedly given to the teen \u2063by his father, who has been arrested and charged in connection with\u2063 the incident. Warnock lamented the influence of the gun \u200clobby on \u2062politicians, suggesting their\u200c actions prioritize lobbying interests over child safety. He also condemned \u200dremarks made by Senator J.D. \u200bVance (R-OH), which suggested \u2063that schools are soft targets.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Warnock calls for taking AR-15s &lsquo;off the streets&rsquo; after Georgia shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1737028\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raphael-warnock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Raphael Warnock\">Raphael Warnock<\/a> (D-GA) revived his calls for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gun control<\/a> on Sunday in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Raphael Warnock\">Georgia<\/a> high school shooting, saying that AR-15s should be taken &ldquo;off the streets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Warnock said young teenagers should not have access to AR-15-style semiautomatic rifles after 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly used one to carry out a mass shooting inside Apalachee High School, leaving four dead and nine injured.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen, 14-year-olds don&rsquo;t need AR-15s, and we need to get these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reveals-his-true-goal-to-ban-most-guns\/\" title=\"Biden Reveals His True Goal: To Ban Most Guns\">military-style weapons<\/a> off the streets,&rdquo; Warnock said on <em>Meet the Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Democrat also lamented that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> had not passed a bill for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">universal background checks<\/a> on firearm purchases, which would expand existing federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-push-to-loosen-gun-restrictions-in-several-states\/\" title=\"GOP lawmakers push to loosen gun restrictions in several states\">background check<\/a> requirements.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">  https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1832770697715745148 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear whether such a background check would have prevented Gray from using the firearm, which authorities said his father gifted to him.<\/p>\n<p>Gray&rsquo;s father, Colin Gray, was arrested in connection with the shooting and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/georgia-school-shooting-suspect-court-charged-killing-4-people-rcna169889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>emerged<\/a> after the shooting that showed his parents provided an unstable home and that his mother had once been charged with family cruelty and found to be in possession of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock acknowledged there was not &ldquo;one single law&rdquo; in particular that would prevent all mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The problem is that we have politicians in our country that are beholden to the gun lobby, and either based on ambition or fear, they go to work every day doing their bidding while the gun lobby lines its pockets with the blood of our children,&rdquo; Warnock said.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Democrat also criticized Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a>&lsquo;s (R-OH) controversial remark on school shootings last week, which he made at a rally in Arizona while campaigning for vice president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like this,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like to admit this. I don&rsquo;t like that this is a fact of life, but if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets, and we have got to bolster security at our schools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Associated Press<\/em>&nbsp;wrote, and later corrected, a headline that said Vance thought school shootings were a &ldquo;fact of life.&rdquo; In its corrected&nbsp;version, the outlet added context to its headline, but not before several other outlets also used the quote in headlines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> elevated it, blasting the remark as egregiously unsympathetic, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> accused the media of mischaracterizing what Vance said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NBC host Kristen Welker played the recording from Vance&rsquo;s rally for Warnock, who in response, echoed Democrats&rsquo; criticisms of the Ohio Republican.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;J.D. Vance claims that this kind of random, routine carnage is a &lsquo;fact of life.&rsquo; No, it&rsquo;s not. It&rsquo;s a fact of American life,&rdquo; Warnock said, lamenting the high number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>school<\/a> shootings the country has seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1737028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737028\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) renewed his push for stricter gun control measures on Sunday following a shooting at a Georgia high school, asserting that AR-15s need to be removed from public access. He emphasized that 14-year-olds should not have the ability to obtain AR-15-style semiautomatic rifles after 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly used one in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School, resulting in four fatalities and nine injuries. &#8220;Listen, 14-year-olds don\u2019t need AR-15s; we must get these military-style weapons off our streets,&#8221; Warnock stated during an appearance on Meet the Press. The senator also expressed disappointment over Congress&#8217;s failure to pass legislation for universal background checks on gun purchases, which would broaden current federal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain if such background checks would have stopped Gray from using the firearm, which authorities reported was given to him by his father. Colin Gray has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty related to the incident. Reports following the shooting indicated that Colt&#8217;s home life was unstable; his mother had previously faced charges of family cruelty and had fentanyl in her possession. Warnock acknowledged that no single law could entirely prevent mass shootings but criticized politicians who are influenced by the gun lobby, stating they prioritize their interests over public safety while profiting from tragedies involving children.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Warnock condemned remarks made by Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) regarding school shootings during a rally in Arizona while he campaigned for vice president. Vance suggested that schools are &#8220;soft targets&#8221; for those seeking notoriety through violence and called for increased security measures at educational institutions. The Associated Press initially misrepresented Vance\u2019s comments as suggesting school shootings were an accepted reality but later corrected its headline after backlash from Democrats who deemed it callous; Republicans accused media outlets of misinterpreting Vance\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a recording of Vance&#8217;s comments played by NBC host Kristen Welker, Warnock reiterated Democratic criticisms of Vance\u2019s perspective: \u201cJ.D. Vance claims this kind of random routine carnage is a \u2018fact of life.\u2019 No, it\u2019s not\u2014it\u2019s a fact of American life,\u201d he lamented about the alarming frequency of school shootings across the nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2338385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Raphael-Warnock.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22298,16596,6343],"class_list":["post-2338384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ar-15","tag-gun-control","tag-warnock"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Raphael-Warnock.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338384","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}