On a day when hundreds of thousands of people marched in support of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivors, one senator took time to tell those students he does not support their cause. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said in a Saturday statement that there are “many other Americans who do not support a gun ban” because they view it as a threat to the Second Amendment. While Rubio included in his statement a line about respecting the demonstrators’ right to peaceful protests, he quickly expressed his opposition. “While I do not agree with all of the solutions they propose, I respect their views and recognize that many Americans support certain gun bans,” the senator said. Those against gun bans “want to prevent mass shootings” too, Rubio continued, but they “view banning guns as an infringement on the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens that ultimately will not prevent these tragedies.”

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2018 01:52 UTC