Hasta La Gadget!

As the incoming class of congressmen prepare to take the oath office, one Republican newcomer has already come out against the National Rifle Association’s proposal to place armed guards at every school and signaled his openness to discussing a set of gun control measures.

Rep.-elect Chris Stewart (R-Utah), an end times novelist supported by pundit Glenn Beck, cruised to victory in November in his deeply red district, after receiving high marks and a small donation from the NRA. In an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune this week, however, Stewart said that the gun control discussion was one that he was willing to have in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

“I would consider looking at some of the larger magazines and other things if it gave us an opportunity to talk about the other things as well,” he said, clarifying that he didn’t think such measures would prevent such mass shootings or gun violence, but that they might at least allow for a serious discussion “about the big picture.” Stewart went on to say that he thought the issue of mental health care was a critical one.

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