Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) reacted to Tuesday’s Oxford High shooting by suggesting Republicans’ refusal to pass gun control sends a “silent message of endorsement” to school shooters.
“It happens here in America because we choose to let it happen. We’re not unlucky. This is purposeful This is a choice made by the United States Senate to sit on our hands and do nothing,” Murphy said, addressing high profile shootings, the Hill reported .
He went on to suggest Republicans’ opposition to gun control sends “a silent message of endorsement to would-be killers.”
Murphy called for his Republican colleagues to “get these dangerous, military style weapons off our streets [and] out of our schools.”
Breitbart News noted the Oxford High shooter used a handgun in this attack.
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