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Pro-Gun GOP Rep Heckled by David Hogg Suggests He’s an Insurrectionist<!-- wp:html --><p>Fox News</p> <p>During a House Judiciary Committee debate Wednesday on proposed gun control legislation, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-survived-the-parkland-massacre-gen-z-we-need-your-help">school shooting survivor</a> David Hogg accosted Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and was then ushered out of the room. Later that night on Fox News, Biggs suggested that Hogg’s actions were serious enough for a Jan. 6-type committee to investigate and for him to be charged accordingly.</p> <p>The Judiciary Committee was considering a bill that would restore an assault weapons ban, which was previously on the books from 1994 until 2004, when Congress failed to renew it. Fox host Tucker Carlson claimed that this ban “did nothing to reduce violent crime” and that the government “has 10 years of data that prove it.” (The Fox host did not cite any of this data.)</p> <p>Carlson then fretted that law-abiding gun owners are being unfairly targeted by the newly proposed ban, and claimed that Biggs, who “grateful[ly]” <a href="https://biggsforcongress.com/2020/10/nra-endorses-congressman-andy-biggs/">received</a> the NRA’s endorsement in 2020, “made that point” on Wednesday.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-gun-gop-rep-heckled-by-david-hogg-suggests-hes-an-insurrectionist?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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During a House Judiciary Committee debate Wednesday on proposed gun control legislation, school shooting survivor David Hogg accosted Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and was then ushered out of the room. Later that night on Fox News, Biggs suggested that Hogg’s actions were serious enough for a Jan. 6-type committee to investigate and for him to be charged accordingly.

The Judiciary Committee was considering a bill that would restore an assault weapons ban, which was previously on the books from 1994 until 2004, when Congress failed to renew it. Fox host Tucker Carlson claimed that this ban “did nothing to reduce violent crime” and that the government “has 10 years of data that prove it.” (The Fox host did not cite any of this data.)

Carlson then fretted that law-abiding gun owners are being unfairly targeted by the newly proposed ban, and claimed that Biggs, who “grateful[ly]” received the NRA’s endorsement in 2020, “made that point” on Wednesday.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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