BEVERLY HALLBERG – president and founder of District Media Group where she conducts media training for members of Congress, CEOs, policy wonks, and politicos
Topic: Terry McAuliffe calls for more gun control after Congressional baseball shooting
• Asked at a news conference about what he believed could be done to protect politicians, McAuliffe, a Democrat, said, “Let me say this: I think we need to do more to protect all of our citizens. I have long advocated — this is not what today is about — but there are too many guns on the street. We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence.” He later clarified that he intended to say 93 Americans a day, not 93 million.
• Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., who was on the scene, said it best when asked if his mind has changed concerning gun control: “Not with respect to the Second Amendment … These rights are there to protect Americans…”