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Ron Johnson: “This isn't an issue about guns. This is just really an issue…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson on Fox News Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 02:45

And case in point, if he wanted to kill people in that theater, what was the first thing he did? He walked in those doors and he threw some incendiary devices. He could have made some other kind of explosive. This isn't an issue about guns. This is just really an issue about sick, demented individuals. And it's a tragedy. And I don't think there's a solution here in Washington to solve this problem. I was going to ask you about that. (02:45–02:51)

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Asserts that the problem is not about gun control but about individuals with harmful intentions.

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