Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney, Larry Krasner, called on would-be lawmakers Wednesday to abandon their “absurd interpretation” of the Second Amendment days after a mass shooting that killed five people in his city.
Gun control laws in the city have been stymied by Pennsylvania’s preemption laws, which prevent Philadelphia from instituting gun reform. The fight against these preemptive laws will continue, according to Krasner.
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“It is time for this legislature and, frankly, legislators across the country to swear off their addiction to NRA money and to swear off their addiction to this gun fetish that is really only shared by a moderate quantity of the U.S. population,” he said.
Philly’s @DA_LarryKrasner: “It’s time for people running for office to … swear off this absurd interpretation of the 2nd Amendment that’s been put out there by militias … & frankly, it’s time for SCOTUS to cut it out. This should not be a country of guns …” pic.twitter.com/kbw9kvneBz
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Most citizens want “reasonable” gun regulation akin to car regulation, Krasner said.
“It’s time for people who are running for office to swear off NRA money, to swear off gun lobby money, to swear off this absurd interpretation of the Second Amendment that has been put out there by militias, much of it untrue,” he said.
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“Frankly, it’s time for the Supreme Court to cut it out,” Krasner added. “This should not be a country of guns. It should be a country of people, living people.”
Krasner’s comments arrive in the wake of Monday’s mass shooting, in which a man wearing a bulletproof vest fired at vehicles and pedestrians, killing five and wounding at least two others.