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Congressman Whitfield Says New Gun Control Laws Unnecessary

Congressman Ed Whitfield
U.S. Congress
Congressman Ed Whitfield

As the President lays out his administration's plan for increased gun control laws, Kentucky’s First District Congressman Ed Whitfield (R) says he’s opposed to any change in gun laws.

“It’s just like anything else. If there people who, if they are determined to do something or have some mental illness, they get guns and there’s going to be some real tragedy out there and we’re all shocked about what happened in Connecticut,” Whitfield said.

Whitfield says the court systems uphold our current laws and he doesn’t see a need for change. President Obama though, wants to close loopholes in background checks, ban assault style weapons and high capacity magazines, make schools safer and increase access to mental health services.

Whitfield says Mr. Obama has a tendency to bypass Congress. He uses thePresident's 23 executive orders today as an example

Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.