Tuesday’s massacre at a Texas elementary school, in which a gunman killed 19 children and two adults, reignited calls to pass gun control legislation that has been stalled in Congress, in some cases for decades.
Numerous Democrats urged the Senate to act on stalled House-passed legislation, or for Congress to bring up other gun control measures. No major gun legislation has been approved by Congress in more than a decade, despite widespread calls to do so after mass shootings.
Two major control measures were passed by the House last year: The Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 and the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021. Both measures stalled in the Senate.
After the massacre on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) initiated a process to fast-track both bills onto the Senate’s legislative calendar. But that does not guarantee that either bill will receive a vote in the Senate, and Schumer on the floor Wednesday indicated that he would not immediately bring gun control bills to the floor.
Enacting any bill will be tough. The evenly split, 50-50 Senate requires support from at […]
Just as Pres. Eisenhower warned us, we should not have let the Military Industrial + Banking Complex get control of our entire country; which it has !
An 18 yr. old high school student can legally purchase an assault rifle, and society can’t make the summation of mass shootings at schools?
Is it ok because an 18 yr. old can’t buy liquor to go with his AR & ammo until he’s 21?Or is it ok because it was “someone else’s child” murdered in broad daylight at a SCHOOL? Where parents are supposed to feel safe leaving their children to ensure their right to an education?
No,,, it’s ok because elected GOP politicians,are getting paid the big bucks for sacrificing our children on the Gun God’s altar at -market price.
Just uneffingbelievable how Republicans are anti abortion – because “killing babies is wrong” – yet won’t pass a domestic terrorism bill, or gun control laws that would protect school children (including black children)
Mind blowing that anyone claiming to be a Republican doesn’t feel totally ashamed at this point.