Chris Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy, is running for the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor this year.

Rep. Jeanne Ives is primarying current Governor Bruce Rauner from the right. And at a candidate forum Monday night, offered her prescription for the problem of guns in Illinois:

The problem is the gun violence in this city of Chicago, predominantly. And you know how you’re going to solve it?

Fathers in the home.

The audience booed, and Ives repeated, confidently, “Fathers in the home.”

When it was Kennedy’s turn to speak, his reply was short and simple: “Well, I wish I could agree with you. I didn’t have a father in my life. Somebody shot him,” Kennedy said.

And then he got up and left the forum, getting a standing ovation.

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