Why Tenn. Republican says Congress shouldn't address school shooting

[Jilly_in_VA]

Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, described the school shooting in his home state as "a horrible, horrible situation," but it's not something he thinks Congress needs to address.

"We're not gonna fix it," he told reporters Tuesday. "Criminals are gonna be criminals."

Burchett said Congress doesn't have a real role to play in the aftermath of the Christian school shooting in Nashville, where an attacker killed three 9-year-old students and three staff members. Lawmakers would only "mess things up," he said.

"I don't think you're gonna stop the gun violence," Burchett said. "I think you gotta change people's hearts."

When someone is determined to kill, there's not much that can stop them, he said.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/28/school-shootings-nashville-tennessee-republican/11557086002/

That is a bunch of BS right there.

[sanatanadharma]

1. He is telling us that he is OK with child sacrifice ...

He is telling us that he is OK with child sacrifice.

He is saying that he is not up to the task of ensuring a better America.

He is telling us that laws are useless because of law-breakers.

[orthoclad]

3. Child sacrifice is in the Bible

It's the root of the Abraham story.

There's a reason they call them Abrahamic religions.

[sanatanadharma]

8. Indeed, but I know of no churches calling for more child-sacrifice.

Indeed, but I know of no churches calling for more child-sacrifice.
There are churches that bless guns.
There is a first-world nation that refuses to do anything about blood-lust in the citizenry.

The a-brahamic religions have strayed too far from the strict 'do-no-harm' traditions of the Vedic scriptures of the religion of Brahman.

[underpants]

2. I'm posting this all around because it sums it up for me

[patphil]

4. Well, Burchett, you might want to stop enabling it.

This is like giving gasoline and matches to an arsonist, and then saying that arsonists gotta burn stuff, what can we do?

How about enacting tough gun laws, including a ban on assault style weapons, gun licensing and background checks, chain of custody for guns, mandatory gun safety training, approved and required gun storage cabinets, and strict penalties for illegal guns.

These are just a few of the things that can be done...Tennessee doesn't do any of these.
No wonder that guy doesn't believe gun violence can be stopped!
If changing people's hearts worked, there wouldn't be any crime. How realistic is that?

[JanLip]

5. "Criminals are gonna be criminals."

Well why in the world would you give them the tools to commit crimes. Politicians are gonna be politicians. Until these jokers lose a loved one they won’t budge. I would never wish something bad would happen to someone but I’m having a hard time keeping from it right now

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[Torchlight]

6. The fundamental direction he takes is simply give up

and allow systemic gun violence aimed at children to simply continue as is.

There's certainly a lot of "that can't ever work in this country" pablum being consumed by dogmatic idiots like him, and them immediately spit back up as tired variations of the "well, what if/about...???" routines.

[Jilly_in_VA]

7. Ya know

I would call Tim Birdshit a dick except for two things. One is, why would you want to use a fine upstanding word like that for a POS like him, and the second is, your average dick has more brains. Even a tiny mushroom one. (g/d/r)

[Midnight Writer]

9. Kids are gonna be kids, but you put the things you don't want them to have out of reach.

[crickets]

10. "Politicians" are also LAWMAKERS.

What Burchett is saying is that he is unwilling to make laws addressing criminality. He should be fired and replaced with someone willing to DO THEIR JOB.