This is not a campaign for gun control. It is consistent with his stated position in other interviews.
He does not believe there is anything govt can do within 2A to meaningfully to curb gun ownership.
From The Hill:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deviated from much of the Democratic Party during a town hall with NewsNation on Wednesday, saying there is nothing policymakers can āmeaningfullyā do through gun control to reduce the gun violence epidemic in America.
Kennedy, who is rivalingĀ President BidenĀ for the 2024 Democratic nomination, was asked by an audience member how he would use federal resources to slow gun violence.
āI do not believe that there is, within that second amendment, that thereās anything we can meaningfully do to reduce the trade in the ownership of guns,ā he said, āand Iām not going to take peopleās guns away.ā
āAnybody who tells you that theyāre going to be able to reduce gun violence through gun control at this point I donāt think is being realistic,ā Kennedy added.
His emphasis on refusing to infringe on Americansā constitutional rights echoes a common Republican position on the limitations of responding to gun violence through gun control.
Later.....
The Democratic presidential candidate did, however, express a position that is more in lockstep with the party whose nomination heās seeking.Ā
Kennedy said that he would get behind a bipartisan assault weapons ban, which the overwhelming majority of Democrats support, but has little chance of getting through Capitol Hill given widespread GOP opposition.
āIf we can get a consensus on it, if Republicans and Democrats agree to it and it passes Congress, I would sign it,ā he said.
We have gotten so king happy in this country with presidents legislating by executive order that we've conveniently ignored that there is an actual legislative branch that needs to come together.
In this case, a snowball's chance in hell of them reaching consensus on this.
This is not a campaign for gun control. It is consistent with his stated position in other interviews.
He does not believe there is anything govt can do within 2A to meaningfully to curb gun ownership.
From The Hill:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. deviated from much of the Democratic Party during a town hall with NewsNation on Wednesday, saying there is nothing policymakers can āmeaningfullyā do through gun control to reduce the gun violence epidemic in America.
Kennedy, who is rivalingĀ President BidenĀ for the 2024 Democratic nomination, was asked by an audience member how he would use federal resources to slow gun violence.
āI do not believe that there is, within that second amendment, that thereās anything we can meaningfully do to reduce the trade in the ownership of guns,ā he said, āand Iām not going to take peopleās guns away.ā
āAnybody who tells you that theyāre going to be able to reduce gun violence through gun control at this point I donāt think is being realistic,ā Kennedy added.
His emphasis on refusing to infringe on Americansā constitutional rights echoes a common Republican position on the limitations of responding to gun violence through gun control.
Later.....
The Democratic presidential candidate did, however, express a position that is more in lockstep with the party whose nomination heās seeking.Ā
Kennedy said that he would get behind a bipartisan assault weapons ban, which the overwhelming majority of Democrats support, but has little chance of getting through Capitol Hill given widespread GOP opposition.
āIf we can get a consensus on it, if Republicans and Democrats agree to it and it passes Congress, I would sign it,ā he said.
We have gotten so king happy in this country with presidents legislating by executive order that we've conveniently ignored that there is an actual legislative branch that needs to come together.
In this case, a snowball's chance in hell of them reaching consensus on this.