Televangelist Pat Robertson, responding to the Florida high school shooting, said Tuesday “it’s sensible” to ban assault weapons.
Conservative televangelist Pat Robertson, responding to the Florida high school shooting that killed 17 people, said Tuesday “it’s sensible” to ban assault weapons.
Robertson went on his 700 Club show calling for the weapons ban — including that of bump stocks which allows semi-automatic weapons to shoot rapid fire — and for more medical background checks.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I am a gun owner,” Robertson said. “I have hunted. I have shot skeet… but for heaven’s sakes, I don’t think that the general population needs to have automatic weapons. It just doesn’t have to have Russian-built or Chinese-built machine guns. It just doesn’t.”
“I think we can ban those things without too much trouble. And they have what they call bump-stocks. I mean, we can stop that,” he continued. “It’s just got to be sensible.”
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His comments are contrary to what Robertson has said in the past. He previously said he wanted a “vomit” button for gay couples’ photos on Facebook, feminism is a socialist movement, and that a man should divorce his wife with Alzheimer’s.
