Boulder terrorist attack should be another blow to the gun control movement

Published June 3, 2025 2:08pm ET



Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) wants you to stop talking about the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, so he can talk about gun control. But the Boulder attack should end the gun control debate for good.

After an illegal immigrant from Egypt lit multiple pro-Israel protesters on fire with Molotov cocktails, Raskin decided to pivot away from the obvious antisemitism to lecture people about gun control. “We are still in the midst of a gun violence epidemic,” Raskin said. “So we need to be acting with due concern for human life. I mean, this is why, of course, we have been fighting for universal, violent criminal background checks. We are for a ban on military-style assault weapons in the country. You know, our lax gun laws are a danger to everybody in America.”

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