U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) is pushing back against more calls by Democrats for stricter gun control laws in the country.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been calling for more gun control in the wake of the shootings a Brown University, and the terror attack in Australia.

Moore, who is also a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2026, recently told WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program,” that Democrats have no credibility on this issue.

“The thing is, it doesn’t work,” Moore said. “I mean, the highest crime cities in this country are ran by Democrats that restrict gun control, and they’ll take your guns and say, Well, call the police, and then they defund the police, and then they turn loose crimes or criminals on the streets. They’re not about protecting the American people, and gun control is not the solution.”

The congressman said the Second Amendment exists for a reason.

“The right and ability to bear arms is protected by the Constitution, and that’s another thing that the left has done in this country, but it does not work,” he argued. “We saw we see it in blue cities. We see it in Australia. The best way we can protect ourselves is well funded police, national security issues, making sure we’re securing the borders like we’re doing, and arm the US citizen to defend themselves, because you can’t always wait on somebody to be there to save you.”

Moore thinks there are better ways to address the issues of crime, gun violence, and terrorism.

“We have seen time and time again in this country, in churches where armed citizens defended and saved the congregation,” he said. “And you know, there is no place to disarm us citizens. The guns are not the problem. It’s the people they’re letting in these countries and the criminal element that we’re turning loose with a no cash bail. There’s no deterrent for that, so it’s a big problem. But I think right now, Islam is we’re seeing this, this movement across the globe, and there’s 51 majority Muslim nations.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee