Massachusetts Rep Says The Nation Needs His State’s Gun Laws

By Cam Edwards

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Rep. Seth Moulton, who I think is still officially running for president despite polling at zero-percent, offered up his home state of Massachusetts as a model for gun control laws across the nation on a New Hampshire radio show. Moulton was asked about three gun control bills currently on the desk of Governor Chris Sununu, and the congressman said not only should Sununu sign the bills, New Hampshire should go even further.

hen asked about three gun control measures the Democratic-controlled state legislature rushed to Gov. Chris Sununu for his signature in the wake of this weekend’s mass shootings, Moulton told WGIR radio’s Jack Heath “I don’t know why Sununu’s afraid to sign this legislation.” Moulton said expanded background checks weren’t a problem, and he said Massachusetts gun laws would lead to lower gun violence.

“States that have stricter background checks have lower gun violence, like Massachusetts,” Moulton claimed. “The reality is that having stricter background checks in Massachusetts has made us the state with the least gun violence in the country.”

As my friend Michael Graham points out, New Hampshire actually has a lower violent crime rate than Massachusetts. Only by including gun-related suicides …Read the Rest

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