Joe Manchin actually said...

"On behalf of the great people of West Virginia and my entire State, our deepest sympathy to the families of the children and the teachers who were lost in Uvalde in a horrible tragedy."

"When parents send their children to school, they expect them to be safe. However, this is not always the case."

"Here, you want to look at two things that could have prevented this -- an age requirement would have prevented an 18-year-old and basically a Red Flag Law that is basically intended to try to help a p..."

"You know, talking about bans, I wouldn't have a problem on looking at some of these things. What is the necessity? Tell me what the purpose is, and let's use them for those purposes."