Pence Calls for Federal Death Penalty Law for School Shooters

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis, Ind., on April 14, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Former Vice President Mike Pence told the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum that the solution to school shootings and increased violent crime isn’t the plan pushed by Democrats.

“We don’t need gun control; we need crime control,” Pence told the group. “We need solutions to protect our kids.”

Pence addressed the forum at the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Indianapolis on April 14.

He called on the government to secure funding to provide armed guards in all of America’s public and private schools.

“The most prosperous nation in the history of the world can afford to protect our kids,” Pence said.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz speaks with Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill as the verdicts are read in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Oct. 13, 2022. Amy Beth Bennett/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

A second element of his plan to deal with school shooters is to ensure they are dealt with quickly in the legal system.

Pence said it is an affront to society that the confessed murderers of American schoolchildren sit in prison for years.

He called for a federal death penalty statute for those who commit mass murder in a school.

The law would call for an accelerated appeals process resulting in “execution in months, not years.”