Actor Jon Voight, a vocal supporter of former president Donald J. Trump and the Republican get together, has launched a press release calling for stricter gun management legal guidelines in the US.
“There needs to be correct {qualifications} for gun possession,” Voight stated in a video launched by his official Fb web page. “Correct testing. One ought to solely personal a gun in the event that they’re certified and schooled.”
Voight’s stance marks a placing divergence from the GOP platform’s typical stance on gun management. The actor had beforehand voiced skepticism over the legitimacy of the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election, claiming that Donald Trump remains to be America’s president. He has additionally known as Democratic leaders “evil” and Joe Biden “Devil.”
“It’s not about left, proper, weapons, no weapons,” he stated. “That is about brains which are dysfunctioning. That is psychological. This isn’t about wholesome human beings serving the nation with arms to bear and even the suitable of this structure for bearing arms… We should establish each particular person for their credentials, for their psychological capability to bear arms.”
The assertion from the actor and father of Angelina Jolie comes after the homicide 19 youngsters and two adults at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas. The incident is the second-deadliest capturing at an elementary, center or highschool in U.S. historical past, solely behind the Sandy Hook Elementary College capturing in 2012. It’s the seventh-deadliest capturing within the nation for the reason that Columbine Excessive College bloodbath in 1999.
“My fellow Individuals, we live now in a world that has no regret for wrongdoings as a result of we’re being led by the worst in workplace,” Voight stated. “So let’s take a breath, let’s all ask God to be sure that we’ll by no means see this horror once more on this lifetime.”
He continued, “I stand with all, I stand for freedom of every soul’s truths. I stand for God’s truths. I stand for one to be condemned for evildoings. And that they have to pay a value. Could God watch over all and convey consolation for this loss, which can by no means heal for every baby was so valuable a present. And God will name on Jesus to wish for these households.”
Presently, Uvalde marks the twenty seventh faculty capturing with accidents or deaths this yr, in response to EducationWeek. In line with the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 215 mass shootings up to now this yr.
Watch Voight’s assertion beneath.
