Wyoming GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis 'surprised' by constituents urging action on guns

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Two weeks after Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said she didn't think strengthening background checks on gun purchases would "be acceptable in the state of Wyoming," she revealed that her constituents have "surprised" her.

Lummis told CNN on Tuesday that since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, her office has received an influx of calls from Wyoming residents who want something to be done to prevent future massacres. "I've been a little surprised at the phone calls we've been getting and how receptive Wyoming callers seem to be to address guns in some manner," she said.

Prior to becoming a senator, Lummis served four terms in the U.S. House, where she was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. She has boasted of her "lifetime A-plus rating" from the National Rifle Association, and while she is "of the opinion that it's more of a mental health issue than a gun issue," she told CNN, "I'm listening to what people from Wyoming are saying."

Most of those calling "have weighed in, not with particular solutions that they support, but with a willingness to be open to suggestions," Lummis said. "They're worried in large about, as I've said, the mental health issue, and Wyoming has the highest suicide rate in the nation." The state's gun culture is "strongly pro-hunting and is deeply ingrained in our social fabric," Lummis continued, but after hearing from constituents, she is considering voting for a package that would make it so juvenile criminal records are part of gun background checks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wyoming-gop-sen-cynthia-lummis-054954478.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. Either she doesn't read polls

or she’s a liar. And it’s pretty sure she reads every poll.

Her ‘social fabric’ versus the lives of children. Yet another creepy ghoulish selfish Republican.

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4. My surprise may be hers

That is, that her Wyoming constituents actually contacted her office to register their opinion. Were I in Wyoming, I probably wouldn't waste the time or effort to persuade what I would think was a lost cause. I'm pleasantly surprised that Wyomingites did take the time, and even more surprised that Sen. Lummis appears to be listening. We'll see if it sticks once Sen. Lummis' colleagues explain how things work between Republicans and the NRA, the Gun Owners of America and the other absolutist terrorist groups. But this story is like a brief ray of sunshine between rainstorms.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Imagine being surprised that people don't like children being murdered in the classroom.

She is either lying or a sociopath.

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3. They are "willfully" ignorant. They know but don't want to admit it.

[Walleye]

5. Gun culture? For chrissakes. The high suicide rate is also a gun problem no doubt

[blue neen]

8. Exactly.

It's strange that she can't figure that out.

[Walleye]

9. Falls under the heading of "none so blind"

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. However, after checking with the NRA, I will continue my full support.

[In It to Win It]

7. I was struggling trying to find this article. I couldn't remember where I read it 🤣

I wanted to link it in my post but I struggled trying to remember where I read it.

[MagickMuffin]

10. We need to change this narrative, 38 people were shot 21 did not survive

I believe it is imperative that we mention all who were gunned down by the Mass Murderer, even those who did not lose their lives.