'Ban these f---ing weapons.' U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman on Nashville shooting

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'Ban these f---ing weapons.' U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman on Nashville shooting

Show Caption Hide Caption Shooter kills 6 at Tennessee Christian school Authorities say three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville, and the female shooter also died after being shot by police. (March 27) AP

After another school shooting, this time in Nashville, Cincinnati's new congressman made his stance on gun control clear.

"Ban these f---ing weapons and get them out of our country," U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman tweeted Monday afternoon. "The fact that the Majority spent last week talking about protecting our children from books about being gay and not these weapons is even more maddening today. Three more dead elementary children."

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Three students and three staff members at Covenant School in Nashville were killed by a shooter identified by police as a 28-year-old former student. The shooter was armed with at least two "assault-type rifles" and a handgun, according to news reports.

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Landsman, a Democrat from Cincinnati's Mount Washington neighborhood, has previously called for a ban on "assault weapons."

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"Ban assault weapons and require background checks. It’s a simple vote," Landsman tweeted in May 2022 in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. "And the very least we can do." Landsman's district includes the city of Cincinnati, eastern Hamilton County and all of Warren County.

“Where in God’s name is our backbone?”

Ban assault weapons and require background checks. It’s a simple vote. And the very least we can do. @POTUS tonight - “May God bless the loss of innocent life on this sad day.”

pic.twitter.com/2iCglehiIJ — Greg Landsman (@GregLandsman) May 25, 2022

Landsman's comments contrast with his predecessor in the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Steve Chabot, a Republican from Cincinnati's Westwood neighborhood. Chabot voted in 2022 against a proposed ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. He spoke out against similar bans in the past, including the last congressional weapons ban in effect from 1994 to 2004.

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"Many guns were outlawed based simply on cosmetic features that had nothing to with the gun’s basic functions," Chabot wrote in a 2016 editorial with Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Hillsboro. "The gun ban accomplished very little."

myfunnies420 on March 28th, 2023 at 21:21 UTC »

The NY Post today had a heavy emphasis on 'transgender' and made it clear that they feel that's the dangerous thing here, not guns

notevenapro on March 28th, 2023 at 18:27 UTC »

30 years ago if you told me thete would be legalized marijuana before gun control and UHC i would have told you that you were nuts.

SuperGenius98K on March 28th, 2023 at 15:51 UTC »

Here we go again. 2 days of tweets and then on to the next thingy.