{"id":333984,"date":"2017-11-07T20:57:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cnns-camerota-nearly-begs-jeff-flake-for-more-gun-laws\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T20:57:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:57:49","slug":"prison-planet-com-cnns-camerota-nearly-begs-jeff-flake-for-more-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-cnns-camerota-nearly-begs-jeff-flake-for-more-gun-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb CNN\u2019s Camerota Nearly Begs Jeff Flake for More Gun Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/brad-wilmouth\/2017\/11\/06\/cnns-camerota-nearly-begs-jeff-flake-more-gun-laws\"><strong>Newsbusters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>November 7, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Monday\u2019s <em>New Day<\/em>, as Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake appeared as a guest, CNN host Alisyn Camerota spent nearly five minutes repeatedly pushing in favor of more gun laws in the aftermath of recent mass shootings, lamenting that it seems \u201chopeless\u201d to expect Congress to take action.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the interview \u2014 which took place before it was reported that a clerical error had allowed the gunman in Texas to pass a background check and purchase guns in spite of a criminal record \u2014 Flake advised her that it was important to wait long enough to learn how he obtained his guns before rushing to take action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/523121\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In her second question, the CNN host sounded like she was repeating liberal gun control talking points as she referred to there being \u201c270 million guns on the streets.\u201d Camerota: \u201cHas Congress just sort of decided that this is the cost of living in the United States in a country with 270 million guns on the streets?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She soon brought up the issue of bump stocks and complained that Congress is not moving quickly enough: \u201cBut why doesn\u2019t it seem that Congress ever does anything? What\u2019s happened with bump stocks, for instance?\u201d She soon pressed: \u201cWhy isn\u2019t Congress acting? It\u2019s been 35 days. 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