Following a mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead in his home state of Texas, Rep. Dan Crenshaw affirmed his opposition to new gun control proposals.
During an interview on CNN, the two-term Republican who represents a Houston-area congressional district expressed his opposition to major firearm regulations.
He told Dana Bash that there is a lot of problems with red flag laws.
When asked if he would support a statewide red flag law, he pointed to the due process. Red flag laws allow police to take guns from people who are threatening to themselves or others.
It is difficult to enforce a red flag law if the law has been broken.
If they are threatening someone with a weapon already, then they have already broken the law, so why do you need another law? It is unclear how they are properly enforced and how due process is followed, and then how they solve the problem.
The 18-year-old killer in Uvalde was troubled and did some strange things, but was unsure if he needed to be involuntarily committed.
In the wake of mass shootings at schools in Connecticut and Florida, Democrats have sought to pass red flag laws at the national level, but Republicans have resisted. Many in the party believe that more resources should be devoted to school security and mental health services.
It does seem clear that he didn't want to judge the officers who were dealing with a difficult situation, but he did not want to.
This is not a training problem. There is a clear training doctrine on this. He told Bash that the situation changes for a barricaded shooter if there are innocents inside.
He said that you have to put away your sense of self-preservation and go through that door.
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