Texas congressman Louie Gohmert delivered an emotional rebuttal in defense of gun rights during a House gun reform hearing Thursday.
The Republican who represents much of East Texas, including Tyler, Longview and Marshall, was incensed by earlier remarks from California congressman Eric Swalwell, who questioned whether some Republicans were more concerned with holding onto unfettered gun rights than making sure children are safe from gun violence in schools.
“If you are not here for the children, why don’t you go to the funeral of the killer,” the Democrat asked in the wake of the Uvalde massacre in which a shooter killed 21, including 19 kids at an elementary school. Several more mass shootings have occurred since the Uvalde murders, including four people murdered by a gunman at a Tulsa hospital on Wednesday.
