Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said there’s nothing that can be done to fix gun violence after six people were killed in a Nashville school shooting on Monday.
“Three precious little kids lost their lives, and I believe three adults, I believe, and the shooter of course, lost their life too. So, it’s a horrible, horrible situation. And, we’re not gonna fix it,” Burchett said. “Criminals are gonna be criminals.”
“My daddy fought in the Second World War, fought in the Pacific, fought the Japanese, and he told me, he said, ‘Buddy, if somebody wants to take you out, and doesn’t mind losing their life, there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it,’” he added.
Asked if Congress can play any role in response to the shooting, Burchett said: “I don’t see any real role that we could do other than mess things up, honestly, because of the situation.”
“Like I said, I don’t think a criminal is going to stop from guns, you know, you can print them out on the computer now, 3-D printing, and, there’s really, I don’t think you’re going to stop the gun violence,” he continued. “I think you got to change people’s hearts. You know, as a Christian, as we talk about in the church, and I’ve said this many times, I think we really need a revival in this country.”
Asked how to protect kids like his daughter in school Burchett said “we homeschool her.”
Burchett’s comments came after a shooter armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun, killed three children and three adults at the Covenant School in the congressman’s home state. The shooter identified as Audrey Hale, 28, was killed by police.
The three children killed were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 years old. The adults were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61; Mike Hill, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60.
