Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) admitted during an interview on NBC’s Meet The Press that no single gun law could have prevented the recent Georgia high school shooting that left four people dead. Despite this, he continued to blame the availability of firearms for such tragedies. When asked if a specific law could have stopped the shooting—where the father of the alleged 14-year-old shooter reportedly gave him the AR-15-style rifle used—Warnock emphasized that “14-year-olds don’t need AR-15s” and called for military-style weapons to be removed from the streets.
Warnock acknowledged that no single law would prevent all shootings but pointed out the need for broader gun reforms, citing that the U.S. experiences two mass shootings daily. He criticized politicians who are “beholden to the gun lobby” and argued that most Americans, including Republicans and Democrats, support universal background checks, but Congress has failed to act.
When pressed about whether Vice President Kamala Harris should support a mandatory gun buy-back program, Warnock avoided a direct answer, instead saying that more action in Congress is needed. He praised the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed two years ago, as a positive step but stressed that it hasn’t gone far enough to curb gun violence. Warnock reiterated the disconnect between the desires of the American public and the inaction of lawmakers, noting that 87% of Americans support background checks, yet progress remains stalled in Congress.
