Tyler Congressman Debates Gun Control

EAST TEXAS — Schools in Texas and across the country are examining safety measures and trying to cope with last week’s tragedy in Connecticut. East Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert, Tyler, on Fox News Sunday, says mass shootings seem to occur most often in places where guns aren’t allowed. Congress is expected to have a heated debate on how such mass shootings can be prevented.

The gun control debate has been renewed since 20 students and six adults were killed Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Many lawmakers and politicians have called for the renewal of the federal assault weapons ban, a piece of legislation that expired in 2004 at the end of its 10-year term but has yet to be renewed.

Gohmert argued that as the country takes on a conversation about gun rights, people must be “open-minded.” He said emotional reactions will naturally lead to a desire to “get rid of all guns,” but he said that “you (should) use your head and look at the facts.”