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Bobby Jindal: Oregon Shooter's Father 'Has No Right' To Lecture On Gun Control

"Gun control's not going to solve this," he said.
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Louisiana governor and Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal doubled down on his criticism of the father of Chris Harper-Mercer, who recently went on a shooting spree at Umpqua Community College, killing 10 and injuring nine others.

"I absolutely believe he has no right to be lecturing the rest of us," Jindal said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. "Gun control's not going to solve this."

Earlier this month, Jindal called Harper-Mercer's father Ian Mercer "the problem" after he called for more gun control in the wake of his son's attack.

"He's a complete failure as a father, he should be embarrassed to even show his face in public," Jindal wrote on his website.

On Sunday, Jindal also blamed "moral decay" for the shooting, saying a culture of violent video games, television and songs provoke mass shooters. Jindal said that because the shooter's father "by his own admission" wasn't involved in the shooter's life, he had no right to call for greater gun control.

Rather than passing stricter gun laws, Jindal said the nation needs "a renaissance of decency, a spiritual revival" to help prevent further mass shootings.

"Passing more laws to take away the rights of law-abiding Americans won't solve this problem, won't stop the next massacre, won't stop the next tragedy," Jindal said.

 

 

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Umpqua Community College Shooting
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Students and staff of Umpqua Community College arrive at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Complex where they were offered grief counseling and a bus ride back to campus to pick up their possessions and vehicles on October 2, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. The students and staff were evacuated from the campus yesterday when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer went on a shooting rampage and killed 9 people and wounded another 7 before he was killed. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Students and staff of Umpqua Community College arrive at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Complex where they were offered grief counseling and a bus ride back to campus to pick up their possessions and vehicles on October 2, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. The students and staff were evacuated from the campus yesterday when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer went on a shooting rampage and killed 9 people and wounded another 7 before he was killed. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Students and staff of Umpqua Community College arrive at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Complex where they were offered grief counseling and a bus ride back to campus to pick up their possessions and vehicles on October 2, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. The students and staff were evacuated from the campus yesterday when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer went on a shooting rampage and killed 9 people and wounded another 7 before he was killed. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Police stand watch outside the apartment where 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer lived on October 2, 2015 in Winchester, Oregon. Yesterday Mercer went on a shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College, killing nine people and wounding another seven before he was killed. After Mercer's death police found six guns and a flak jacket at the school and another seven guns in his home. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Journalists report fom outside the apartment where 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer lived on October 2, 2015 in Winchester, Oregon. Yesterday Mercer went on a shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College, killing nine people and wounding another seven before he was killed. After Mercer's death police found six guns and a flak jacket at the school and another seven guns in his home. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The Tarzana, California home of Ian Mercer, the father of alleged UCC gunman Chris Harper-Mercer. (credit:Matt Ferner/Huffington Post)
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Police officers stand guard outside the apartment building where the alleged gunman, Chris Harper Mercer, lived in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 2, 2015. The rampage on October 1 at Umpqua Community College left 10 dead and shattered a close-knit rural community in the south of the state. (credit:Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
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Downtown Roseburg, though small and rural, has come under intense media spotlight in the past 24 hours, and the roads are lined with TV trucks waiting for press conferences and interviews. (credit:Andy Campbell/Huffington Post)
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A sign sits along the road to Umpqua Community College on October 2, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. Yesterday 10 people were killed and another seven were wounded on the campus when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer went on a shooting rampage. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Media vehicles line the road near Umpqua Community College on October 2, 2015 in Roseburg, Oregon. Yesterday 10 people were killed and another seven were wounded on the campus when 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer went on a shooting rampage. (credit:Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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A patient is wheeled into the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Ore., following a deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (credit:Aaron Yost/Roseburg News-Review/AP)
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People gather at a road block near the entrance to Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, following a deadly shooting at the campus. (credit:Ryan Kang/AP)
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Police search students outside Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, following a deadly shooting at the southwestern Oregon community college. (credit:Mike Sullivan/Roseburg News-Review/AP)
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Umpqua Community College (credit:Umpqua Community College)

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