McChrystal backs ‘serious’ gun laws.

“I think serious action is necessary,” McChrystal said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Sometimes we talk about very limited actions on the edges and I just don’t think that’s enough….The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. And I don’t think we’re a bloodthirsty culture, and so I think we need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.”

Retired Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said Tuesday he supports “serious action” to curb the nation’s gun violence, including an assault weapons ban.

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