For Immediate Release
June 23, 2016
Contact: media@kharyforcongress.com
Congress Fails to Protect America
Waukesha, WI – Khary Penebaker, Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District Democratic candidate issued the following statement:
“If a person should be prohibited from boarding a plane, they should be prohibited from purchasing a gun. Right now, lone wolf terrorists can purchase an unlimited amount of firearms and ammunition for attacking movie theaters, churches, nightclubs, and anywhere else we gather to celebrate living in a free and tolerant society. My opponent, Congressman Sensenbrenner, has been characteristically silent: he does not care to make even one single statement on the horrific Orlando shooting, the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
“The sadistic terror group we call ISIS is a threat today, but swearing allegiance to Daesh is the murder equivalent of buying a concert T-shirt at a store in the mall. We will soon defeat them, but our most dangerous citizens will simply move on to the next trendy evil. We already know how to deal with that problem: a terrorist no-fly and no-buy list, accurate and subject to due process, that doesn’t stop people from living their lives but simply keeps them away from the tools they need to maim and kill others. Disingenuous or sincere, calls for perfection should not be the enemy of good policy. Experts and the American people have agreed for years now about what action is needed to protect our children and neighbors from our enemies.
“I have advocated for the common sense solution to this problem since the first day of my campaign; my opponent has been avoiding both solutions and common sense for years. Indeed, it’s already been a decade since the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said it best: “[The] gun lobby calls the shots with Sensenbrenner.”
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