Dem Senator calls out GOP's 'aversion to gun control' after university shooting
A Democratic Senator called out the GOP's "aversion to gun control" on Sunday following the deadly shooting at Brown University.
On Saturday, a gunman killed two students and critically wounded nine others at Brown University. Police have arrested an individual they've identified as a person of interest.
A vigil is scheduled on Sunday night for the slain students.
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) discussed the shooting during an interview on MS NOW's weekend show, "White House: Weekend."
"We're going to have to roll up our sleeves and get back in the fight, literally," Reed said about Democrats working with Republicans on gun control measures. "Are there sympathetic elements? I think there are. But they have to overcome a general aversion in their party to any type of gun control."
Reed laid part of the blame for the lack of support for gun control policies at the feet of the gun lobby, which he described as "well-financed and entrenched."
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