Jim DeMint: Shootings About Culture, Not Guns

By Tom Knighton

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When it comes to mass shootings or violence in general, everyone has an opinion. This is especially true of politicians who seem to have an opinion on every issue imaginable despite a profound lack of expertise in anything other than grandstanding.

However, former Senator Jim DeMint has an opinion of what’s driving gun-related violence, and it’s one worth listening to.

Following increased calls for gun control after the shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint said Sunday that gun violence is a cultural issue that cannot be solved through federal regulation and legislation.

“It’s more symptomatic of a decline in our culture — I’m not sure any new laws are going to help that,” DeMint said on “America’s News HQ.”

“Congress could do more than anything else by setting a better example of how to treat people… They’re probably the biggest instigators of hate and racism and violence in the country right now,” he continued. “So, they need to look inward at just how they behave.”

I think he’s making a pretty good point here.

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