Kansas City LGBT Commish Blames Gun Rights For Deadly Mass Shooting

Local activists address a tragic weekend topic and focus their ire on 'divisive' rhetoric and fire arms.

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The LGBTQ Commission of Kansas City acknowledged the “hate-fueled violence” of Saturday’s incident as part of a “divisive anti-LGBTQ+ movement that’s happening in our country and right here in our community.”

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“Every politician that spews anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting. Every politician who says that guns aren’t the problem bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting.”

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