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Christie: Democratic Gun Control Proposals Are ‘Just Like Eating Cotton Candy, It Does Nothing Good’

Steve Guest Media Reporter
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Chris Christie blasted the Democratic politicians for more gun control insisting their proposals are “just like eating cotton candy, it does nothing good for the body, it just makes you feel good for a couple of minutes.”

Appearing on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” on Friday, Christie explained, “What Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama propose is cotton candy. It’s cotton candy. It has no meaning to it, it has no relationship to anything that will help to make the body of the country safer or better.” (RELATED: Obama Calls For More Legislation To Limit Gun Access [VIDEO])

“And so what they have offered up is just things that will make you feel good for a temporary period of time, won’t do anything to change the underlying circumstances,” Christie argued. “Here’s the way we need to do it Hugh, you need a strong president who will appoint a strong Attorney General who will enforce the laws that we have now and make sure that criminals and those who are mentally ill are dealt with aggressively and forthrightly.” (RELATED: Pelosi: ‘We Can No Longer Remain Silent’ On Gun Violence [VIDEO])

“For the criminals, they need to be put in jail when they use firearms to commit crimes and they need to be put in jail for a long time. And we need to have more aggressive laws to be able to treat the mentally ill and involuntarily commit them when they speak of acts of violence,” Christie suggested. (RELATED: Speaker Ryan: ‘We Need To Fix Our Mental Illness Laws, Our Policies, They Are Outdated’ [VIDEO])

“Right now, it’s a patchwork across our country on how this is done. Those are the underlying problems, the things they’re talking about are just feel good headline makers. As I said, it’s just like eating cotton candy, it does nothing good for the body, it just makes you feel good for a couple of minutes.” (RELATED: Democratic Rep. Sanchez Decries ‘Multiautomatic Round Weapons’ [VIDEO])

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