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# Former Sen. Rick Santorum Said Kids Should Be Learning CPR Instead of Protesting Gun Violence

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_Published 2018-03-26. A day after massive gun control protests swept the country, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said teenage activists should prepare for potential shootings by taking CPR classes, instead of advocating for “phony gun laws.”_


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## Transcript

How about kids instead of looking at someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that where there is a violent that you actually respond to that. But, how are they looking at other people? I would ask you. They took action. Yeah, they took action asking someone to pass a law. They didn't take action to say how do I, as an individual. Deal with this problem. How am I gonna do something bullying within my own community? What am I gonna do to actually help respond to issues? What am I gonna do? Those are the kinds of things where you can take it internally and say, here is how I am going to deal with this.

Here is how I'm gonna help the situation. I'm proud of these kids. I know you're proud of these kids, too. Because you can do [ UNKNOWN ]- I'm proud of them, but I think everyone should be responsible and deal with the problems that we have to confront in our lives. And ignoring those problems and saying they're not gonna come to me, and saying some phony gun law is gonna solve it. Phony gun laws don't solve these problems. [ CROSSTALK ] That's what we found out.

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