Chris Murphy wants to stop funding agencies that don't enforce gun safety laws.
The Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, which left five people dead, was the subject of comments made by the Connecticut senator to CNN.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office refused to use the red flag law because they didn't think it was necessary.
Murphy said on Sunday that there needs to be a discussion about whether we can continue to fund law enforcement in states that refuse to implement gun laws. 60 percent of the country's counties are not implementing the nation's gun laws. Something needs to be done about that.
Colorado's Extreme Risk Protection Order allows a judge to temporarily seize a person's firearms if they are a serious risk to others or themselves.
The sheriff's office in El Paso County declared itself a "Second Amendment preservation county" in 2019.
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The county in which the shooting took place is a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary state, according to Murphy. Most of the country's counties have decided not to enforce gun laws. They decided that they wouldn't implement laws that are on the books. In this country, that is a problem.
When Dana Bash asked Murphy if he wanted to hold money for law enforcement, he said senators are going to have a discussion about that.
Do we want to keep giving money to law enforcement in counties that don't implement gun laws? Red flag laws are very popular. Murphy made a statement. It's a choice to allow this to continue. The laws that we're talking about are wildly popular. Outside of Washington they are not that controversial. We will hopefully be able to do something this year or next year.
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