Shortly after President Obama’s speech urging Congress to follow through on gun control, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced Thursday that he has cosigned a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) vowing to filibuster new gun legislation.
Rubio said:
“We should look for ways to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill prone to misusing them, but I oppose legislation that will be used as a vehicle to impose new Second Amendment restrictions on responsible, law-abiding gun owners. We should work to reduce tragic acts of violence by addressing violence at its source, including untreated mental illness, the lack of adequate information-sharing on mental health issues, and the breakdown of the family.”
The letter was written by Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX).
