Speaking Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said he owned an AR-15, an assault-style rifle, at his home and suggested that the solution isn't to take his firearm away but to provide better school security and focus more on mental health as a way to cut gun violence. "I don't suggest you take my right to buy an AR-15 away from me, because I don't think that it will work," he said.
Gun-control proposals, nonstarters in recent years, have drawn renewed interest in the aftermath of the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn., where suspected gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Law-enforcement officials said he also killed his mother and himself. Authorities said a version of the AR-15 was one of the weapons used in the school assault. Full Article
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