The View's Sunny Hostin Claims 'You Are Not a Patriot' if You Own an 'Assault Rifle'

“The View” host Sunny Hostin said Tuesday that anyone who owns a so-called “assault rifle” is “not a patriot” in response to the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday. “I don’t think we can any longer equate…

IJR SyndicatedMar 24, 20213 min read

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of Colorado for launching fundraisers and tweeting about protecting the Second Amendment two hours after the shooting.

Boebert had posted a series of tweets describing how no gun laws could have stopped the suspect who carried out the deadly attack in her home state.

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“That is disgusting. It is despicable. And it is time for that type of behavior to end,” Hostin said.

“That is not about the Constitution. That is not about the Second Amendment. That is not freedom — that’s not what freedom is.”

President Joe Biden, among many Democrats, has called for the passage of massive Gun control legislation in the wake of the massacre, even though all the facts of the shooting are not yet known.

The suspect, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one charge of attempted murder, according to CNN, but his alleged motive behind the attack has not yet been discovered or disclosed.

Biden addressed the shooting by advocating for the passage of gun control legislation, including a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines.

“I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save lives in the future,” Biden said in a Tuesday announcement. “This should not be a partisan issue.”

He urged the Senate to take up anti-gun bills passed by the Democratic-majority House this month.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.