Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has already demonstrated his ignorance on guns and gun laws, but he just keeps talking:
"We have to quit distracting the American public with these nonsense debates — and that’s what these are — these nonsense debates about gun control," Johnson said on WISN's "The Vicki McKenna Show."
Johnson, who is engaged in a tough re-election fight with former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), said that gun control measures "will have no effect on these tragedies."
What does Johnson think would not be a “nonsense debate” in response to Orlando? “Islamic terrorism,” of course. That’s “the root cause” of a guy who appears to have been deeply confused about both Islam and his sexuality having the capacity to kill dozens of people and wound dozens more. No word on how Islamic terrorism played into Newtown or Aurora or Oak Creek or Umpqua Community College or Virginia Tech. (That list could go on.) And Johnson doesn’t have much to say about the reality that even if you want to focus exclusively on “Islamic terrorism,” guns have become the weapon of choice for terrorists in the U.S.—because people like Johnson fiercely protect the easy availability of guns.
As for the notion that gun control laws “will have no effect on these tragedies,” isn’t it funny how countries with stricter gun laws mysteriously have many fewer of “these tragedies”?
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