‘I’m sick and tired’: Fox News contributor calls for action against guns

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Fox News contributor Ted Williams told right-wing network viewers that “we need to talk about guns” after another mass shooting on Monday.

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” Williams, a defense attorney and former federal special agent, told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto after the Louisville shooting. Kentucky.

At least four people were killed after a man opened fire on a bank with an AR-15 rifle on Monday morning, according to law enforcement. It comes two weeks after a massacre at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, which left three 9-year-old students and three adults dead. The shooter in this incident was carrying three firearms: an assault pistol, a rifle, and a handgun.

“Just two weeks ago I was standing in front of a camera when you had kids, babies, filmed in Nashville, Tennessee, with a person who, by the way, had an AR-15,” Williams said. . “And from what we’ve been told here, Neil, this individual had the same type of weapon. And when you look at mental illness…and that weapon, it’s a dangerous concoction, and we have to do something about it in this society.

He added that “I’m sick” of reporting on shootings like the ones in recent weeks, and he pushed back against the idea that it was too early to talk about them.

“We need to talk about guns. AR-15s are killing our babies and our citizens in this country, and we need to do something about it,” he said.

Williams on Fox: I’m sick of standing in front of a camera…we need to talk about guns! AR-15s are killing our babies and our citizens in this country and we need to do something about it pic.twitter.com/4ntyPcnuE9

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Later in the segment, Williams called for “red flag” laws across the country, which seek to get guns out of the hands of people deemed a danger to themselves or others.

Fox News hosts and guests routinely blame other issues rather than discuss gun law reforms in the wake of gun violence. Another network guest said on Monday the shooting would inevitably spark discussions about guns, but added: ‘I hope politicians and so-called leaders aren’t dwelling on it right now.’ .

Williams was joined in Cavuto’s program by former FBI Special Agent Nicole Parker, who sparked backlash after the Nashville attack when she called for better securing of “side doors” at schools while failing to mention the weapons used in the massacre. The Nashville shooter fired through locked side doors to enter the school.

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