NBC Sports’ Peter King used his Memorial Day Football Morning in America column to criticize U.S. gun laws and to call for a ban on the sales of AR-15 rifles.
column to criticize U.S. gun laws and to call for a ban on the sales of AR-15 rifles.his column by taking time to “mourn those lost in service to our country.” Then he segued to the people who have been killed by the criminal use of guns in recent weeks.
He wrote, “I will also remember the 32 people murdered over the last 16 days in our country, in Buffalo at a supermarket, in a church in Laguna Woods, Calif., and in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.” King went on to ask about politicians in general, writing, “I wonder why the people who make and enforce laws in this country cannot be open-minded about a solution to this cancerous problem.” He then criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in particular; criticizing him for not responding with gun control to the Uvalde shooting.We are the United States of Guns.
King did not mention that the Uvalde attacker passed a background check for his guns, as did the Buffalo attacker.
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