CNN’s Dana Bash, Rep. Dan Crenshaw Face Off in ‘Weapons of War’ vs. 2nd Amendment Debate (Video)

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@RepDanCrenshaw explains why Republicans have had issues with past gun control legislation introduced by Democrats as @DanaBashCNN presses him on alternative solutions. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/xbaXauYxpWCrenshaw, who was elected to Texas’ second congressional district in 2019 and is running for reelection this year, argued that increasing security at schools would have the most “immediate” and “tangible” effects.Bash suggested that securing schools and restricting access to guns “in a way that respects the second amendment” is not mutually exclusive, but Crenshaw disagreed.

Not only would Democratic gun control policies “infringe on the rights of millions and millions of gun owners,” but they also “probably wouldn’t have the outcome you’re hoping for,” he told Bash.“The correlation between gun violence and gun ownership is not very strong, it’s not as strong as people tend to believe it is,” he said.Bash persisted. “Congressman, it sounds like you’re saying guns in this country are not a problem,” she replied. “I mean, there are 300-something million people, 400 million guns.

You don’t see that as a problem?”Crenshaw said no, citing the country’s longstanding “culture” of gun ownership. “If I destroyed all my guns, it would have zero effect on gun homicides because I’m not the person who goes and shoots somebody,” he said. “I am a person who might protect somebody from being shot.”“There were 19 people who were highly trained in the hallway and they couldn’t save these children,” Bash responded, referring to the fact that Uvalde police waited more than an hour to enter the classroom where the shooting took place.They both agreed that this was, indeed, a problem, one that Bash pointed out could never have been.