A Tennessee politician tried to shoo away several students protesting gun violence at the Tennessee Capitol on Monday, but missed by a long shot.
The students were reacting to a recent attack at a private Christian school in Nashville that left three children and three adults dead.
State Representative William Lamberth agreed to talk to the protesters, but had a strange way of trying to win a debate with students worried about being shot in class.
Lamberth’s approach was to ask students which weapon they would prefer to be hit with.
“If there is a firearm you feel comfortable shooting, please show me what it is,” he asked rhetorically.
Lamberth probably thought the question she asked the protesters was deep and Socratic, but it came across as ruthless, especially when it was accompanied by a shrug.
“So you’re not going to like my answer, and look, I’m going to make it clear,” warned Lamberth. “It’s not about this gun.”
He then argued that it would be impossible to prevent every gun from ending up “in the hands of a madman, a deranged, [or] a convicted felon,” and even if he did, “he would do nothing to impede your safety.”
Lamberth has already criticized the red flag laws, saying, “We don’t take away Fourth Amendment rights or First Amendment rights or Second Amendment rights or Fifth Amendment rights without due process, without making sure that everyone knows what rules they follow. of time”.
Of course, his comments suggesting that a gun will kill you like another was mocked by Twitter users.
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