Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson can't be more clueless: "Nonsense debates about gun control" are "distracting the American public," he says

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By Brendan Gauthier

Published June 17, 2016 5:20PM (EDT)

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2016 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. For months Donald Trump has dominated the political scene like no other. But listen to endangered Senate Republicans as they campaign for re-election and you might not even know he exists. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2016 file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. For months Donald Trump has dominated the political scene like no other. But listen to endangered Senate Republicans as they campaign for re-election and you might not even know he exists. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who's leading the Republican gun-nut caucus, called into "The Vicki McKenna Show" on Madison AM radio station WIBA Friday to rail against "nonsense" gun control measures.

"Think of all of our freedoms that have been reduced because of Islamic terror," Johnson said. "We have to quit distracting the American public with these nonsense debates ... about gun control, proposing pieces of legislation that will have no effect on these tragedies."

"How is their proposal actually gonna solve these problems?" he continued. "How are they gonna prevent these tragedies?"

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Brendan Gauthier is a freelance writer.

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