{"id":130447,"date":"2023-12-23T21:45:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=130447"},"modified":"2023-12-23T21:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T21:45:37","slug":"gop-senator-embarrassed-by-expert-during-gun-violence-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=130447","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Embarrassed by Expert During Gun Violence Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Bachman \/ Getty ImagesGOP Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was reminded of his own home-state statistics after a question backfired during the senate judiciary committee\u2019s hearing on gun violence Tuesday.Kennedy asked expert witness Dr. Megan Ranney from Yale\u2019s School of Public Health why Chicago \u201chas become America\u2019s largest outdoor shooting range,\u201d adding \u201cdo you think it\u2019s because of Chicago citizens who have no criminal record but who have a gun in their home or perhaps for hunting or do you think it is because of a finite group of criminals who have rap sheets as long as king kong\u2019s arm?\u201dRanney clapped back saying&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/louisiana-gop-senator-john-kennedy-embarrassed-by-expert-during-gun-violence-hearing\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Bachman \/ Getty ImagesGOP Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was reminded of his own 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