Lucretia Hughes, a conservative activist with the right-wing group Turning Point USA, testified during the hearing about her son's death in 2016 at the hands of a convicted criminal using an illegally obtained pistol.

She is the Women for Gun Rights' DC Project testified before lawmakers about how her 19-year-old son was shot and murdered while playing dominoes, but unlike the other witnesses, she did not push for tighter gun laws. Instead, she viewed firearms as a crucial tool for self-defense, and she associated gun control laws with racism.

#GunReformNow Lucretia Hughes is passionate, but she is wrong about gun laws in the latest murders.

Raising the age to 21 would have prevented the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde.

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She recalls the night her 19-year-old son Emmanuel was murdered and the phone call her ex-husband received.

The killer fled, and "no one was going to snitch" because he was a convicted criminal with an illegally obtained weapon.

Things being debated are already in place in sections of the United States, and "you're all crazy if you think it'll keep us secure."

Lucretia Hughes, a conservative activist with the right-wing group Turning Point USA, testified during the hearing about her son's death in 2016 at the hands of a convicted criminal using an illegally obtained pistol.

"It's impossible to put into words how awful it is to bury a child." "I ache for everybody and everyone who has done the same," she expressed sorrow.

“Gun control lobbyists and politicians claim their policies will save lives and reduce violence. Well, those policies did not save my son.”

Emmanuel, Lucretia Hughes Klucken’s son, was killed by a convicted felon with an illegal gun. More from Lucretia & the importance of #2A: pic.twitter.com/MWFdN7mlJI

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"My son's death was caused by a terrible criminal and a justice system that failed to hold him accountable for his previously broken laws."

Hughes argued against gun control measures, calling them "racist" and accusing proponents of being "delusional."

Something needs to shift. Thoughts and prayers, as well as pleas for stricter gun laws, are insufficient. Why don't you let me defend myself against evil? Don't you believe I'm capable and trustworthy with a weapon? Do you think the second amendment does not apply to persons who resemble me?" Hughes, who is black, expressed his thoughts.

"Who and you who are asking for increased gun control are also calling for the police to be defunded?" Who is intended to keep us safe? We must prepare to be our own first responders in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones safe."

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