Kansas City Mayor Q Continues Advocacy Against Proliferation Of Firearms & Gun-Makers

As KCMO hopes to avoid hitting the 100 murder mark again, Mayor Q denounces American gun culture.

Here's his money line . . .

“We want our children, we want our families to be safe,” Lucas said Thursday in an interview with Newsy. “Everybody recognizes a country with 400 million guns is too many. We keep making that point and I think that’s how you can speak to suburban moderates, who I think have very real concerns that in states like Texas now all the kids have to have clear backpacks. It’s insanity, and we want to make sure that our children and our families are safe.”

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