Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. made clear his stance on gun control, asserting, “I\u2019m not going to take away anybody\u2019s guns.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nKennedy, who hopes to unseat Biden in 2024, presented himself as a “constitutional absolutist.” He believes the debate on whether the Second Amendment protects gun ownership is definitively resolved by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kennedy was also skeptical of attempts to reduce violence by gun confiscation. He argued that such efforts won’t yield gun homicide rates similar to those in Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Guns, the proliferation, clearly, abets violence, but anybody who tells you that they can remove enough guns, AR-15s, by tinkering at the margins and get to the situation they have in western Europe is pulling your leg,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kennedy suggested shifting the focus to other potential causes of gun violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed out the role of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) drugs. \u201cWe\u2026have to look at the role of psychiatric drugs\u2026prior to the introduction of Prozac we had almost no events like this,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n