Daily News | Philly Mayor Jim Kenney: It’s harder to buy booze in Pennsylvania than it is to buy a gun
to back legislation that would expand background checks, place limits on the number of guns individuals can purchase per month, and require the reporting of lost and stolen firearms. Democrats hold a narrow majority in the state House, while Republicans control the state Senate.
GOP lawmakers, meanwhile, have repeatedly criticized city officials, particularly District Attorney Larry Krasner, whom they have accused of failing to vigorously enforce existing gun laws. Gun-rights groups have also successfully pushed back on previous attempts by Kenney to put new firearms regulations on the books; last fall, a city judgein which Kenney sought to ban guns from recreation centers and playgrounds.
Kenney on Tuesday said: “There’s too many [guns] and they’re too easy to get.” He blamed gun manufacturers and dealers, who he said are “conning people” into believing that limiting access to firearms is a violation of constitutional rights. “You can say you back the blue, but if you don’t back gun control and gun availability, you don’t back the blue,” Kenney said. “We owe it to them to do everything we can to stop this nonsense and stop this tragedy.”as “extremely terrible.”
“While I did not have the pleasure of knowing Chris personally, his reputation speaks for itself,” Kenney said. “I’m outraged by this and every senseless act of violence.”
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