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Rep. Steve Scalise hunting alligators in Louisiana. (Photo: Steve Scalise Facebook<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday barred Republican Rep. Steve Scalise from testifying at a hearing meant to address \u201cgun violence\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n

As a victim of gun-related crime and the Republican House Whip, Scalise would normally have been allowed to testify at a congressional hearing so pertinent to his expertise and life experience. Instead, House Democrats denied his request to speak, claiming that too many members of Congress had already made the same request.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised, because it\u2019s unprecedented,\u201d Scalise told Fox News<\/a>. \u201cIn the past, when we were in charge on the Republican side, if the Democrats selected among one of their witnesses to be a sitting member of Congress, we always gave them the courtesy of testifying in a proper setting, and we were asking for that same courtesy — and they denied it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scalise famously survived near-fatal gunshot wounds after a man opened fire at a GOP baseball practice in 2017. The shooter was stopped by U.S. Capitol Police\u00a0and the Alexandria Police, but not before the left-wing activist shot four people at the baseball field, all of whom survived.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0David Hogg & New Congress Push Universal Background Check Bill<\/a><\/h2>\n

Scalise submitted his written testimony to the committee, and Fox News published<\/a> it on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In his testimony, Scalise points out that the universal background check legislation currently being considered by Congress (H.R. 8) would not have stopped the man who shot him, nor would it have stopped many of the other mass murders in recent history.<\/p>\n

The bill won’t reduce crime, either. The representative notes a recent study that determined California\u2019s universal background check law was not associated with a change in homicide rates and references a DOJ survey<\/a> in which a vast majority of criminals reported acquiring firearms from already illegal sources.<\/p>\n

Universal background checks, Scalise observes, \u201cwould not deter a criminal from engaging in criminal activity, and it won\u2019t decrease gun crime. Instead, it only succeeds in limiting the ways that law-abiding citizens could exercise their Second Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Feinstein\u2019s 2019 Assault Weapons Ban Targets Pistol Braces, Amongst the Usual Suspects<\/a><\/h2>\n

But rather than harp only on the ineffectiveness of gun control, Scalise also highlights the life-saving benefits of firearm ownership. He references four examples from January of law-abiding citizens using their firearms to defend themselves or others, one of which resulted directly from pro-gun lawsuits<\/a> that restored the right to bear arms to Chicago residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI firmly believe we must never forget, nor minimize, the\u00a0importance of the Second Amendment to our Constitution,\u201d Scalise concludes. \u201cH.R. 8, as well as other new gun control legislation currently being considered by the House Democrat majority do not accomplish the goal of reducing gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our goal is to reduce gun violence, then we should focus on penalizing criminals, not law-abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

H.R. 8 has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, currently chaired by New Jersey Democrat Jerrold Nadler.<\/p>\n

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