And, days after another mass shooting thrust gun violence back into the national spotlight, Scalise said he remains a strong proponent of gun rights. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) they don’t understand, number one, what the Second Amendment stands for and why it’s in our Bill of Rights,” he added. And when asked about Sunday’s shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, he showed little interest in an immediate conversation about gun restrictions. On Tuesday and again during the interview, Scalise called on Americans to donate blood, recalling how transfusions saved his life as well as the lives of victims in Las Vegas.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 17:33 UTC