GOP Rep: Banning Guns Is Like Banning Spoons

By Alan with comments February 3, 2013 12:14

Congressman Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania, appearing on a This Week panel with economist Paul Krugman,  likened banning guns to stop violence to banning spoons to stop obesity.

KRUGMAN: I look at the international differences — countries that have effective gun control have a lot fewer –

BARLETTA: Would banning spoons stop obesity?