The View co-host Sunny Hostin reacted to a deadly mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, by saying that people who “insist on owning” assault rifles are not patriots.
“I don’t think we can any longer equate freedom with the unfettered right to own assault rifles,” Hostin said Tuesday on The View. “That is not freedom because I feel like a hostage right now. I feel like a hostage to the selfish people that insist on owning these types of weapons.”
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“That is not freedom in this country,” Hostin added. “You are not a patriot because you think you have the right to own these types of weapons. You are not a patriot. You should be taking care of your fellow Americans.”
Hostin then asked, “So, where do we go from here?” and concluded that “it is time to start talking right now about gun control.”
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Democrats nationwide have been calling for stricter gun control laws following Monday’s mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store that left 10 people, including a police officer, dead. The shooting suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Ahmad al Aliwi Alissa, and authorities say he purchased the gun used in the crime, an assault rifle, a Ruger AR-556, a week earlier.
Al Aliwi Alissa has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
