Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), a Fox News host, suggested tighter gun control laws could be necessary following a mass shooting Wednesday at a Catholic church in Minnesota.
“You want to track the shooter. You also want to track the access to the firearms,” Gowdy said on “Outnumbered” hours after the shooting took place. “Where did the guns come from? Were they straw purchases? Did he go into a gun store? Was it a private sale? That’s all you can do now because there’s not going to be a trial. These parents, they want answers. Everyone wants to know why.”
Gowdy continued, saying “what people are crying for now is how can we prevent this. How can we stop it?”
“And the only way to stop it is to identify the shooter ahead of time or keep the weapons out of their hands,” he said. “And so we’re going to have to have a conversation of freedom versus protecting children. I mean how many school shootings does it take before we’re going to have a conversation about keeping firearms out. It’s always a young, white male. Almost always.”
The pundit’s comments were first highlighted by Mediaite.
Police in Minneapolis said a gunman killed at least two students and injured 17 other people in an attack during a Mass at a Catholic school in southern Minneapolis.
The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, barricaded the church door during the shooting, then committed suicide by gunshot, police said.
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