House Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s life was forever changed this summer when a bullet entered his body on a baseball field where he and his congressional colleagues gathered for charity. Leftist gunman James T. Hodgkinson wanted to kill as many Republicans as possible, but failed and was shot dead on-site. Just a few days ago, a still-recovering Scalise walked back onto the House floor, but this time, assisted with crutches.
Scalise’s return had many among the press wondering if his stance on the Second Amendment had changed after becoming a victim of a mass shooting. Add to that the massacre of 58 people in Las Vegas and surely Scalise wants to see some new form of gun control. But that’s not the case at all, as NBC’s Chuck Todd learned Sunday on Meet the Press.
