Republican Rep. Thomas Massie fired back at Democrat Rep. David Cicilline just after he proposed for the duration of a congressional listening to that there was not "a one incident" the place anyone with an assault weapon "was stopped by a man or woman with a gun."

"The reality that guns are used by fantastic fellas every single solitary working day to protect against and halt negative fellas is an inconvenient reality for Rep Cicilline and other Democrats who want to trample on the Second Modification," Massie instructed WHD News Digital on Tuesday pursuing his exchange with Cicilline previous 7 days.

"I really don't consider there is a single incident – and it's possible there’s one particular, but I have not found one – of an assailant using an assault weapon that was stopped by a human being with a gun, so this is a – probably there is just one of the thousands and countless numbers and countless numbers of shootings, but the truth of the matter of the subject is university resource officers are an critical reaction to faculty safety," Cicilline, who represents Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, explained on Thursday through a House Judiciary Committee listening to on the Democrat-backed gun handle invoice Preserving Our Children Act.

Next Cicilline’s statement, Massie pushed again and submitted a checklist to the congressional record of incidents exactly where "superior guys" with guns stopped "lousy guys" from carrying out mass shootings.

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Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) attracts a Ruger LCP handgun from his pocket throughout a rally in help of the Second Amendment on January 31, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky.  (Bryan Woolston/Getty Images)

"The Democrats – I really don't know if they’re just in willful ignorance of what happens in this country or they’re staying misleading nowadays, but I would like to introduce into the record a listing of scenarios in which hid handgun permit holders have possible stopped mass general public shootings. This is from crimeresearch.org, and it’s released May perhaps 27th, 2022," Massie spelled out.

Massie’s record of instances provided an incident that occurred in the very last pair of months in Charleston, West Virginia where by a man with an AR-15 opened fireplace on a graduation get together but was stopped right after being shot by a woman who was lawfully carrying a gun.

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., joined at ideal by Chad Griffin, president of the Human Legal rights Marketing campaign, and Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., rally in advance of a Property vote on the "Equality Act of 2019" (WHD Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite)

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"Portland, Oregon, February 19, 2022," Massie stated, outlining an additional incident, "Home owner allegedly confronted members at a racial justice demonstration Saturday evening just before pulling out a handgun and capturing many individuals in the group, leaving 1 girl dead and several others wounded. The shooting ended when a man or woman, with the team of demonstrators, who is licensed to conceal-carry a firearm, fired again, striking the homeowner in the hip."

Massie also brought up a 2021 incident where a house operator was credited with saving various lives "just after he pulled out a legally possessed 9mm handgun" and killed a man who had opened fire on a Syracuse, New York group.

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"The quite gun that Joe Biden wants to ban," Massie said, referencing the president's comment final month suggesting that he supports banning 9mm handguns.

Cicilline's office did not quickly respond to a request for remark from WHD News Digital.

Marnie Beale of Arlington, Va., holds a indication at the Senate ways of the U.S. Capitol contacting for qualifications checks on gun buys (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Contact, Inc through Getty Pictures)

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