House Republican rejects gun control, compares assault rifles to trucks
During an MSNBC interview on Tuesday, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) compared military-caliber firearms to trucks, and the risk of mass shootings like the one that resulted in 59 deaths and more than 500 injuries in Las Vegas on Sunday to the risk of getting run down by a vehicle.
Asked whether he shares concerns Democrats have expressed about the legality of semi-automatic rifles in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Cole said that he is not in favor of banning those sorts of weapons — in part because thousands of Americans already own them anyway.
Referring to semi-automatics, Cole said “there’s millions of them in circulation, and when they are used appropriately they are not dangerous.”
The host replied by pointing out that the carnage in Vegas suggests guns of that sort are more deadly than Cole would have people believe. But Cole replied by pointing out that many things are dangerous.
https://thinkprogress.org/tom-cole-opposes-banning-assault-rifles-because-trucks-can-kill-you-too-b7f13a4e9e2a/
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