NEW MEXICO’S STEVE PEARCE WAS AMONG THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN PRACTICING FOR A CHARITY BASEBALL GAME WHEN A SHOOTER, 66 YEAR OLD JAMES HODGKINSON, OPENED FIRE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. PEARCE WAS NOT HURT…BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE, WERE.
PEARCE SAYS THE INCIDENT WON’T CHANGE HIS STANCE ON GUN CONTROL. HE SAYS THE PROBLEM IS NOT GUNS OR ANY OTHER WEAPON. HE SAYS IT’S A PROBLEM “OF THE HEART.”
THE SHOOTER, WHO HAD WORKED ON THE BERNIE SANDERS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE.
