NY GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs doubles down on assault rifle regulation
foxnews.comAfter back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban Buffalo home, Republican U.S.
Rep. Chris Jacobs made a decision. If an assault weapons ban came to the House floor, he would support it, he told voters in his conservative congressional district. "I could have said nothing," said Jacobs.
Silence would have allowed him to cruise through the Republican primary. But after 31 deaths in 10 days, including the slaying of 19 children at a school in Uvalde, Texas, he felt he had an obligation to take a public stance. "Having two young children, it just really — you have a different perspective when, you know, thinking about going home to your kids when those 19 children perished," Jacobs said.
A week later came another decision. With Republicans withdrawing their support for him in droves, Jacobs announced he would not seek reelection.
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