Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Crenshaw engage in Twitter debate over universal background checks and guns.
Crenshaw shot back,"Just so I’m clear: you think my friends are domestic abusers/criminals? Seriously that’s your argument? That they can’t pass a background check? Wrong. People lend guns to friends, esp if they don’t own a gun, for self-defense and hunting purposes. This is America outside NYC."
Ocasio-Cortez responded,"You said w/ universal background checks, you wouldn’t be able to 'lend' guns to friends. If a background check would be a problem, then you shouldn’t 'lend' a gun," she said, adding that New York"is one of the safest states in the country when it comes to guns.""This idea of 'I know the guy, there’s no way he beats his wife' as the way we keep guns out of the hands of abusers is ridiculous.
Most domestic abuse"is hidden. You could know an abuser & have no clue. I’ve had friends come out to me as victims. It’s not obvious." Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas listens as during a House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2019."Situations like this story are why we protect the 2nd Amendment," he wrote."Side note: With universal background checks, I wouldn't be able to met friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone like this. We would make felons out of people for just defending themselves."'s tax proposal.
Crenshaw on Tuesday lashed out at another Democrat in the House, Rep. Adam Schiff, who had pointed out that the
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