GOP senator: 'The problem is not owning an AR-15' [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 02/18/18 10:57 AM EST
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday he supports improving the background check system for buying a weapon, but said he doesn’t think it needs to be harder to buy an AR-15, which was used in a Florida high school shooting last week.
“I actually don’t think it should be. I think what should be is difficult for any person with any kind of criminal background history, domestic violence, mental instability, all those things, regardless. I don’t care whether they’re buying a .22 pistol or an AR-15,” Lankford said on “Meet The Press.”
“The problem is not owning an AR-15, it’s the person that owns it,” Lankford added.
Nikolas Cruz, 19, faces 17 counts of premeditated murder after he allegedly opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last Wednesday, killing 17 and wounding more than a dozen others. He reportedly used an AR-15 that he was able to purchase legally.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/374446-gop-senator-the-problem-is-not-owning-an-ar-15
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