Chris Murphy: Republicans ‘don’t give a crap’ about children or gun violence

The senator, a leading force in the Democratic push for gun control, warns the US is headed towards a very dangerous place'

A Democratic US senator at the forefront of a push to enact new gun control measures has said Republicans don't give a crap" about children or gun violence.

Connecticut's Chris Murphy - who has been a leading force for Democrat gun control efforts since the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting killed 26 people in his state, 20 of them children - made the comment in a wide-ranging interview with Salon that was published on Tuesday.