Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott on Sunday insisted that he’s focused on addressing mental illness to combat the rise in gun violence in the United States rather than push for an assault weapons ban like many of his Democratic counterparts.

“Why don’t we look at the people that have the problems and look at taking all their weapons away from them?” Scott asked on CNN’s State of the Union.

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