Ed Schultz: ‘Times Change,’ Stop ‘Hiding Behind The Second Amendment’
Ed Schultz ended his show tonight criticizing gun advocates for “hiding behind the Second Amendment” every time shootings like this occur, and called on the nation’s lawmakers to recognize changes going on in the country and get serious about cracking down on guns. Schultz pointed out that the men responsible for drafting and writing the Constitution themselves owned slaves and, by modern standards, would not be considered very tolerant men.
Schultz acknowledged that he personally has been a gun owner for forty years, and felt he could speak out “with some freedom” about how shootings like these need to be addressed by the nation’s leaders.
“Tonight is… a time we as a people come to grips with a changing society. We need to be the Founding Fathers on how we deal with the sickness in our country called ‘gun violence.’ Hiding behind the Second Amendment doesn’t cut it anymore. Hiding behind the Second Amendment can no longer be the shield for access. The people who wrote that document owned slaves, oppressed women, and were short on tolerance.”
Schultz argued that times are changing in the United States, and as attitudes change, lawmakers need to recognize this. He said politicians need to stop listening to the gun lobby and start seriously addressing the issue of gun control.
Watch the video below, courtesy of MSNBC:
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