Illinois Governor JB Pritzker blasted the National Rifle Association on social media this week, telling the 2nd Amendment organization to “leave us the hell alone” after a gunman killed seven at a 4th of July Parade in the suburbs of Chicago.

“And 100% of mass public shootings happen with guns. As Governor, on behalf of the people of Highland Park — leave us the hell alone,” posted Pritzker.

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“Our Founders carried muskets, not assault weapons,” Pritzker said on Monday afternoon. “And I don’t think a single one of them would have said that you have a constitutional right to an assault weapon with a high capacity magazine, or that that is more important than the right of the people who attended this parade today to live.”