Ten Republican senators are backing a new gun reform bill. Conservative firebrand Marsha Blackburn isn’t one of them.
The outspoken Tennessean lawmaker says she’s backing the Second Amendment instead.“I am not going to vote for anything that infringes on law-abiding citizen’s Second Amendment rights,” Blackburn said on Wake Up Memphis Tuesday.
LIST: Meet the 10 Senate Republicans Who Caved to Dems on Gun ControlThe Second Amendment isn’t going anywhere. Period.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) April 9, 2021
Blackburn says Congress should focus on enhancing school security and fixing the mental health crisis plaguing Americans rather than incentivize states to implement red flag laws and add more background checks.
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“The Biden administration has absolutely no business directing states to set up red flag laws because red flag laws, that are designed by anti-Second Amendment extremists and activists, could allow without due process to take away law-abiding citizen’s Second Amendment rights,” the Republican Senator told KWAM morning show host Tim Van Horn.School districts have yet to spend 93% of the $122 billion left in the coffers from Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Blackburn says the leftover money should be invested into protecting children in schools.
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Listen to the full conversation with Sen. Blackburn below.
