US EditionCatholic School Shooting: Atlanta Archbishop Calls for Gun Reform
Trey Gowdy urged national gun law reforms following a Minneapolis school shooting that resulted in two deaths and 17 injuries, highlighting concerns over enforcement and shooter profiles.
- On Wednesday, Fox News host Trey Gowdy floated stricter gun laws live on air in response to the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children and injured 17 at Annunciation Catholic School.
- Authorities identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, a former Annunciation Catholic School student whose manifesto and magazines contained extremist slurs; investigators say he died by suicide.
- Gowdy, who previously opposed new gun restrictions while serving in Congress, said enforcement matters and asked how many school shootings it will take to keep weapons from shooters.
- Online, MAGA supporters reacted by flooding X with calls for Gowdy's firing, while Jacob Frey, Minneapolis Mayor, and Atlanta Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer urged action beyond `thoughts and prayers` and called for `reasonable firearms legislation`.
- The episode has intensified calls for a national reckoning on guns as the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigates the attack as domestic terrorism and Democratic leaders press for federal gun laws.
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Fox News Host Calls For Stricter Gun Laws
Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questioned stricter gun control legislation when he was in office and took money from the National Rifle Association, the HuffPost reports. But live on air, in the wake of the deadly shooting in Minnesota, he appeared to have a change of heart: “We’re going to have a conversation of freedom versus protecting children… We’ve got to decide whether or not we want to live like this.”
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