Washington, D.C. - House Republicans, led by California congressperson Kevin McCarthy, have pledged to pass legislation aimed at reducing the number of mass shootings in the United States.
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| Kevin McCarthy, who looks forward to serving as House speaker for several weeks, is shown here doing his Mario from Donkey Kong impression |
"The current cutoff for defining a mass shooting is just another example of the woke liberal agenda," McCarthy explained during a press conference on Wednesday. "And it's a perfect example of why the voters gave the Republican party a mandate in the midterm elections, and then the party passed that mandate on to me because integrity."
While there is not an accepted consensus definition of a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group, includes any event involving the injury or death of at least four people, not including the shooter. According to McCarthy, a clear and consistent definition with no political caveats helps to avoid confusion for the general public. "We need to use our common sense here. Nobody looks at four people standing in a room and thinks that's a mass of people. Maybe ten people? Definitely fifty. But we also need to take who these people are into account. Quality should be as important as quantity."
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