Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said the Nashville school shooting was “horrifying,” but he doesn’t believe Congress has a role to play and he is upset that the tragedy has been politicized.
Speaking briefly to reporters Tuesday, Burchett, who represents the Knoxville area but says he previously lived in Nashville, said Monday’s shooting was a “horrific situation,” adding that lawmakers in Washington, DC, “won’t fix it”. He criticized the right and left for politicizing the tragedy of gender identity and the shooter’s guns, respectively.
“Criminals will remain criminals,” Burchett said, recalling how his father, a World War II veteran, once told him, “If someone wants to take you out and they don’t mind losing their life, there’s no reason man.” can do a lot about it.”
“And we have a mental health problem in this country,” he continued. “We have to start tackling it.”
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U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said Congress had no role to play after a gunman killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., on March 27, 2023. Lawmakers would “screw things up,” he said. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
On Monday, six people were killed at a private Christian school in Nashville when an emotionally disturbed 28-year-old woman who identified as a transgender man went on a rampage with two rifles and a handgun, police said.
Three children and three adults were killed in the shooting. Their names were: Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9, Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61.
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A mourner visits a memorial outside of Covenant School for the six victims killed in a mass shooting Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Three adults and three children were killed at the school on Monday. (KR/Mega for Fox News Digital)
The shooter was neutralized by responding officers from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The officers’ names were Michael Collazo, 31, and Rex Engelbert, 27.
When asked how Congress should respond to the tragedy, Burchett said lawmakers would only “screw things up.”
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Mike Hill, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60, and Hallie Scruggs, 9, were killed in the Nashville school shooting on Monday, March 27, 2023. Three other victims, Cynthia Peak, 61; William Kinney, 9; and Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, were also murdered. (Fox News)
“I don’t think you’re going to stop gun violence,” the representative said, noting that guns can now be 3D printed and that criminals will find a way to commit violence.
Rather than seek a legal solution, Burchett, a Christian, said, “I think we really need to revitalize this country.
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Burchett has one daughter. When asked what should be done to protect people like his child in schools, he told reporters that his family’s solution was home schooling.
“That is our decision. Some people don’t have that option,” he admitted. “And honestly, some people don’t have to do it. I mean they don’t have to. It just fitted our needs a lot better.”
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