Democratic presidential candidate Pete ButtigiegPeter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegPoll: Beto O’Rourke leads 2020 Democrats in Texas by 3 points, followed by Biden Racked by schism, Democrats yearn for Obama Biden holds big lead over 2020 Democrats in two new national polls MORE expressed frustration Tuesday at Congress’s inability to pass legislation to stem gun violence.
Buttigieg said the United States has now “produced the second school shooting generation in this country.”
“We’re supposed to be dealing with this so you don’t have to,” Buttigieg said Tuesday evening at the second Democratic debate in Detroit. “High school is hard enough without worrying that you’re going to get shot.”
Buttigieg, who is mayor of South Bend, Ind., said he was in high school at the time of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 and that the current conversation about gun violence is the “exact same conversation” the country was having at that time.
“We have now produced the second school shooting generation in this country,” Buttigieg said. “We dare not allow there to be a third.”
“This a conversation we have been having for the last 20 years,” Buttigieg said later.
All candidates on stage Tuesday evening expressed outrage at the lack of progress on gun control.
Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharThe Hill’s Morning Report – Crunch time for 2020 Democrats in Detroit debate Yang qualifies for third and fourth Democratic debates Booker qualifies for fall Democratic debates MORE (D-Minn.) responded to Buttigieg by suggesting the problem isn’t Washington as a whole but the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) aggressive lobbying against reforms including universal background checks and an assault weapons ban.
Klobuchar said that gun control legislation is now “sitting on [Majority Leader] Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDemocrats take another stab at preventing foreign election interference Collins is first GOP senator to back bill requiring campaigns report foreign assistance offers to FBI Trump says Washington Post should apologize to McConnell over ‘Russian asset’ column MORE’s [R-Ky.] doorstep” because of the NRA’s opposition to it, and said that she as president “will not fold” in the face of pressure from the NRA.
Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersPoll: Beto O’Rourke leads 2020 Democrats in Texas by 3 points, followed by Biden Coalition to air anti-Medicare for All ads during Democratic debates Marianne Williamson: I am not a ‘wacky new-age nutcase’ MORE (I-Vt.) also took issue with the NRA and said he would have the “guts” to stand up to the organization.
The candidates were asked Tuesday evening to explain how they would tackle the issue of gun violence in the wake of shootings in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and California.
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