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Republican Congressman Leaves Race After Backlash In His Stance At Guns

The Republican congressman refused to be re -elected after his party responded with stricter gun regulation in his position.

Lawmaker Chris Jacobs (RNY) has said he will support a ban on the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle after the massive shooting of a white supremacist in Buffalo last month that killed 10 people and shot dead at a school in Uvalde, Texas . That one gunman killed 21 people.

“If a bill comes out banning assault weapons that prohibits something like AR-15, I vote in favor,” Jacobs told reporters last week.

“I can’t sit with a clear conscience and say I haven’t tried to do something,” he added.

But on Friday, Jacobs announced he would not run for re -election after the support of his party, including local party leaders. Buffalo News reported.

“It clearly came last Friday, from my observations, statements about accepting gun control,” Jacobs said in the publication. “And since then, every Republican has been elected [official] Which I liked, he withdrew the approval. The party officials who supported me came out, most of them and the should [support me] He said they would not. And of course, it was not well received by the Republican base. “

However it has Accumulated rating of 92%. Gun Owners of America and a member of the NRA Approved Weapons Rights Group in 2020 Jacobs said the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde changed his perspective on easy access to assault weapons.

“Being a father and having young children and visualizing what these parents are going through and, I think, a more personal sense of that clearly worked,” Jacobs told The Buffalo News.

Source: Huffpost

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