Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Sunday defended recent comments he made that President Obama wants to take away Americans’ guns during a heated interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.
In an ad released last week, Rubio claimed that following the attack in San Bernardino, Obama would like to “take away our guns.”
During a Sunday interview on ABC’s “This Week,’ Stephanopoulos asked Rubio where Obama has called for Americans’ guns to be taken away.
“Well, his proposal for everything is to infringe on the Second Amendment,” Rubio said in response.
Stephanopoulos then asked if Rubio really believed Obama wants to take Americans’ guns away.
“Well, if he could, he would,” Rubio said in response. “Obviously he knows he’s contained by the Second Amendment so what he tries to do is chip away at it every chance he gets.”
The ABC host asked again when Obama had called for the removal of Americans’ guns.
Rubio repeated that Obama would take away guns if he could, then said, “He is trying to keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens by continuing to put new restrictions on our guns.”
Watch the interview via Rubio’s campaign. Stephanopoulos brings up Rubio’s claims about gun control at the 6:45 mark.
