Springfield, VA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Gun Owners of America Director of Federal Affairs, Aidan Johnston, responded after an apparent gang-related shooting took place near Washington Nationals Park on Saturday:
Criminals don’t obey gun laws. For the safety of Major League Baseball fans, Mayor Bowser and Nationals Park must eliminate Draconian restrictions on fans’ right to self-defense!
An inanimate object like a firearm cannot be held responsible for a crime. However, victims should hold Mayor Bowser responsible for D.C.’s unchecked crime spike and for the infringement of their right to self-defense during this and other tragic incidents.
Instead of empowering fans by fostering a culture of self-defense, Mayor Bowser and Nationals Park have chosen to disarm fans who are going to and from baseball games.
This puts them at tremendous risk outside of the ballpark where crime is skyrocketing. The fact that one of Saturday’s victims was shot outside of the stadium is a reminder that Washington’s Draconian gun restrictions will not protect fans from criminals.
Washingtonians deserve the right to protect their families and shoot back in self-defense. And it is unacceptable to double down and push gun control in the wake of its continued failure.
It is a travesty that the capital of the world’s most free country imposes such Draconian gun control. To be forced to give up one’s rights to visit monuments to freedom would make our Founders roll over in their graves.
Note: D.C. Code prohibits concealed carry license holders carrying firearms into stadiums, and Nationals Park prohibits self-defenders from even bringing pepper spray or other less lethal self-defense tools.
Aidan Johnston, or another GOA spokesperson, is available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.
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Gun Owners of America has previously supported the right of members and staff to carry firearms on Capitol Hill for self-defense, as GOA supports the rights of all law-abiding citizens to carry firearms in their workplace. Gun Owners of America is a grassroots organization representing more than two million gun owners nationwide and is dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise.
“Gun control” isn’t what is needed. Unfortunately what is needed cannot be spoken.
Aren’t more people killed by baseballs at MLB parks? Maybe they should ban throwable objects and wooden sticks.
Democrats like creating victims to help forward thier unconstitutional gun grabbing control over the masses . Like Hitler they want to protect the children .
When you have idiots in charge, you get idiot results.
We might be the ” I D I O T S” for allowing these turds to exist on our oxygen!
why are they allowed to stay in office when they all break their oath of office? protect the peoples rights and freedom.
Her name suits her
Albert Einstein: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.why don’t they get it? or do they?
I have yet to hear anyone address that in response to the shooting outside the ball park, they announced over the PA system that there was an active shooter in the park, causing the crowd to rush outside where the shooting was and could return.
Gang bangers doing what gang bangers do, pretty much every day in the district of corruption. This one was much harder to cover up since it happened near a very public venue. Of course da mayor is going to blame it on the evil guns, if she didn’t someone out there ‘might’ realize that the policies there are one of the main reasons such acts take place.