{"id":62445,"date":"2018-04-07T04:40:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T04:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=62445"},"modified":"2018-04-07T04:40:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T04:40:46","slug":"rep-ralph-norman-pulls-out-own-gun-to-make-a-point-about-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/rep-ralph-norman-pulls-out-own-gun-to-make-a-point-about-violence.html","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ralph Norman pulls out own gun to make a point about violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Ralph Norman pulls out own gun to make a point about violence<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Republican Rep. Ralph Norman pulled out his loaded, personal .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun Friday and laid it on the table at a diner where he was meeting with his constituents in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Norman told CNN he wanted to make a point in the debate over gun violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I merely proved a point that guns themselves are not the issue,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Norman said that having a loaded gun in the room should, if anything, have made people feel more safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Given the scenario that if someone had walked into that diner and began to fire a weapon, I told them I would be able to defend myself and them as well,” he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Post and Courier previously reported the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m not going to be a Gabby Giffords,” Norman told the newspaper, referring to the Democratic former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot at a constituent gathering in her district in 2011. “I don’t mind dying, but whoever shoots me better shoot well or I’m shooting back.”<\/span><\/p>\n

At least one of Norman’s constituents present at the meeting took issue with his actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Rep. Norman’s behavior today was a far cry from what responsible gun ownership looks like,” Lori Freemon said in a statement released by Everytown, the gun-control organization for which she volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I had looked forward to a respectful dialogue with my representative about common-sense gun violence prevention policies,” the statement said. “Instead, I felt unsafe when he insisted on showing us his loaded gun and keeping it out on the table for much of our conversation.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But to Norman, the gun isn’t the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Mental health, and more importantly, a lack of morality, is the driving force behind this epidemic. Guns are not the problem,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/06\/politics\/ralph-norman-loaded-gun-sc-congressman\/index.html<\/span><\/p>\n

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