His take on Vice President Joe Biden's comment that "executive action can be taken" to curb gun violence:
Biden's comments came during a meeting with gun safety advocacy groups and victims of gun violence earlier on Wednesday. He said the
It was the first suggestion from the White House that it could bypass Congress in instituting measures to combat gun violence in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The White House has pushed Congress to reinstate a ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004, close loopholes that allow gun buyers to bypass background checks and ban some high-capacity magazines.
"The tyrants did it! Hitler took the guns! Stalin took the guns! Mao took the guns! Fidel Castro took the guns! Hugo Chavez took the guns!" Jones said on CNN Monday.
"I'm here to tell you — 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms!"