Former speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said a series of mass shootings in recent months has embarrassed the country.
“When Newtown happened, we couldn’t find common ground with the other side … And hopefully there is some common ground to be found. I know Sen. Pat Toomey
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“Hopefully they will find common ground because … frankly, it’s heartbreaking,” he added. “I think it embarrasses our country for the rest of the world. And we need to find a way to deal with this problem.”
Mass shootings in cities like Atlanta and Indianapolis this year have prompted renewed calls from Democrats and gun control activists to Congress to pass meaningful reform legislation.
President Biden
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“There’s no reason anyone needs a weapon of war with 100 bullets, 100 bullets, that can be fired from that weapon. Nobody needs that, nobody needs that, ”Biden said during a speech from the Rose Garden. “During the 10 years that we had it done, the number of mass shootings even decreased. Even law enforcement officials have told me and other advocates of this legislation that they sometimes feel outsmarted by high-capacity assault weapons and magazines. ”
Boehner, who led a Republican caucus during the former president Barack Obama
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“So those in power now will have to figure out what can be done,” the former speaker said on CNN today of the Republican leadership in Congress. “It’s not about what everyone wants. It’s about what can be achieved in a twofold way.”