Meghan McCain: Gun Control Wouldn't Stop Texas Shooting

"The View" host Meghan McCain said Monday that gun control would not have prevented the recent school shooting in Texas.

"When we've had this conversation before, we're always talking about gun control, and we said before: 'Okay, AR-15s, all semi-assault rifles, if they are banned, this won't happen,'" McCain said. "That is not accurate in this case."

McCain then noted the shooter "had a pipe bomb, a molotov cocktail, and a carbon dioxide device, which by the way are things you make in your house as well . . . things you can find off the internet and do – you can make bombs."

She added "this kid is a psychopath who went on a shooting spree," and "the idea that a law would have necessarily made a difference," is false.

"There's a larger issue as well, and to say, 'we can't talk about mental health': We should talk about mental health," McCain said. "There are young guys in this country that feel that they need to go on a killing spree when a girl rejects them. That is also a conversation that should take place.

"If you're going on a shooting spree at school, you're not mentally well."

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