Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggested that lack of prayers is the root cause of mass shootings during a speech on Wednesday on the House floor.
“In debate last week and even today, to be told that we have no courage, that Democrats, we were told in debate last week, don’t want to hear any more about social media, violent video games, Hollywood, mental illness, and they sure don’t want to hear any more about prayers,” Gohmert said.
“Look, maybe if we heard more prayers from leaders of this country instead of taking God’s name in vain, we wouldn’t have the mass killings like we didn’t have before prayer was eliminated in schools,” he added.
House lawmakers were debating the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package that consists of eight gun measures and the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, a bill that nationalizes red flag laws.
The ‘Protecting Our Kids Act’ includes a provision to raise the legal age to buy certain semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years old, and establish new federal offenses for gun trafficking and for selling large-capacity magazines, according to CNN.
