Instead of pushing new gun controls, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., said the president should work with Congress to fix a 'broken' mental health system.
Background Checks for Guns ‘Don’t Solve the Problem,’ This House Republican Says
Fresh off recess, House Republicans spent little time back in Washington before denouncing President Obama’s latest executive actions to restrict gun ownership.
“Anyone who watched the president yesterday had to be struck by the unbelievably partisan nature of his remarks,” Rep. Andy Harris said Wednesday. “It’s not like he wanted us to solve this problem as Americans; he wanted to solve it as Democrats versus Republicans.”
Harris, Maryland’s sole Republican congressman, faulted the president for making a “straw man” attempt to unilaterally expand federal background checks in gun sales through heightened firearm licensing requirements and more FBI staff to process applications.
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