Fox News host Trey Gowdy’s call to “track the access to the firearms” after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school was quickly challenged by his co-host and sparked instant backlash in MAGA corners online.

Gowdy argued that it was time to have “a conversation of freedom versus protecting children,” after a gunman, armed with a rifle, shotgun, and handgun, killed two kids, ages 8 and 10, during a morning Mass on Wednesday.

“Our system is reactive. Something bad happens, we react to it,” the former Republican congressman said on Outnumbered. “And what people are crying for now is how can we prevent this? How can we stop it?”

“The only way to stop it is to identify the shooter ahead of time or keep the weapons out of their hands.”

Gowdy wondered how many school shootings it

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