Republican Rep. Thomas Massie fired again at Democrat Rep. David Cicilline after he prompt throughout a congressional listening to that there wasn’t “a single incident” the place somebody with an assault weapon “was stopped by an individual with a gun.”

“The truth that weapons are utilized by good guys each single day to stop and cease dangerous guys is an inconvenient reality for Rep Cicilline and different Democrats who wish to trample on the Second Modification,” Massie instructed Fox Information Digital on Tuesday following his alternate with Cicilline final week.

“I don’t assume there’s a single incident – and perhaps there’s one, however I’ve not discovered one – of an assailant utilizing an assault weapon that was stopped by an individual with a gun, so this can be a – perhaps there’s one of many 1000’s and 1000’s and 1000’s of shootings, however the reality of the matter is college useful resource officers are an vital response to high school security,” Cicilline, who represents Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, stated on Thursday throughout a Home Judiciary Committee listening to on the Democrat-backed gun management invoice Defending Our Youngsters Act.

Following Cicilline’s assertion, Massie pushed again and submitted an inventory to the congressional file of incidents the place “good guys” with weapons stopped “dangerous guys” from finishing up mass shootings.

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“The Democrats – I don’t know in the event that they’re simply in willful ignorance of what occurs on this nation or they’re being misleading immediately, however I wish to introduce into the file an inventory of circumstances the place hid handgun allow holders have probably stopped mass public shootings. That is from crimeresearch.org, and it’s printed Could twenty seventh, 2022,” Massie defined.

Massie’s record of circumstances included an incident that occurred within the final couple of weeks in Charleston, West Virginia the place a man with an AR-15 opened hearth on a commencement get together however was stopped after being shot by a girl who was legally carrying a gun.

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“Portland, Oregon, February 19, 2022,” Massie stated, outlining one other incident, “House owner allegedly confronted contributors at a racial justice demonstration Saturday night time earlier than pulling out a handgun and taking pictures a number of folks within the crowd, leaving one girl lifeless and a number of other others injured. The taking pictures ended when an individual, with the group of demonstrators, who’s licensed to conceal-carry a firearm, fired again, hanging the house owner within the hip.”

Massie additionally introduced up a 2021 incident the place a property proprietor was credited with saving a number of lives “after he pulled out a legally possessed 9mm handgun” and killed a person who had opened hearth on a Syracuse, New York crowd.

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“The very gun that Joe Biden needs to ban,” Massie stated, referencing the president’s remark final month suggesting that he helps banning 9mm handguns.

Cicilline’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital.

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