Reps Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky) got into a heated shouting match on Wednesday about gun control days after six people—three children and three adults— were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
“They’re cowards! They’re all cowards! They won’t do anything to save the lives of our children at all. Cowards! Question them. Force them to respond to the question, ‘Why the hell don’t you do anything to save America’s children?’ And let them explain that all the way up until 2024,” Bowman told reporters.
At this point Massie, a co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, attempts to confront Bowman, suggesting that the solution is to arm teachers.
“You know, there’s never been a school shooting in a school that allows teachers to carry,” Massie said.
“Carry guns?! More guns lead to more dead!” Bowman exclaimed.
They continue to argue about arming teachers until Massie told Bowman to “calm down.”
“Calm down? Children are dying. Nine-year-old children!” Bowman said.
Bowman, a former middle school principal then pressed Massie on whether he had ever worked in a school.
“I was in cafeterias protecting kids every day of my career,” Bowman said, according to The Hill.
