Former Democratic congressman: Shooters kill ‘thousands’ with ‘automatic rifles’ using ‘high-capacity ammunition’

By Julio Rosas

Published September 5, 2019 7:56pm ET

Former Democratic congressman: Shooters kill ‘thousands’ with ‘automatic rifles’ using ‘high-capacity ammunition’ — In this Nov. 17, 2014, file photo, Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

While discussing the need for more gun control in the wake of recent mass shootings, an MSNBC contributor said people died by the “thousands” because people are using “‘automatic rifles” and “high-capacity ammunition.”

Donna Edwards, a former Democratic Maryland congresswoman, criticized President Trump’s idea to have the mass shooters who are arrested be on the fast track for the death penalty.