Trump won’t even go for universal background checks which are supported by 90% in polls. McConnell won’t hold hearings or votes on gun safety bills passed by the house. Republicans won’t do anything to stop mass shootings. This is a partisan issue. Scott (see tweet below) is wrong. Republicans are wrong. Sad!
As I was saying a few hours ago…and now more shootings in Texas. Always tragic, never surprising because Republican policymakers have made the political choice to allow frequent mass shootings to be a normal part of life in the United States. https://t.co/VMh2jDXZfF
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 31, 2019
Democratic leadership is again calling for immediate action on gun control legislation after another mass shooting in America left at least seven people dead https://t.co/Ib5chKjtIs
— CNN (@CNN) September 1, 2019
Sen. Rick Scott on how to explain to the American people why Congress isn’t acting toward mass shootings: “This is not a partisan issue. This is an issue about how do we keep Americans safe. I’m going to do everything I can” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/Gyzf1CntpK
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 1, 2019
6 months ago today, the House passed the bipartisan universal background check bill.
— Rep. Ted Deutch (@RepTedDeutch) August 27, 2019
Over 90% of Americans support this policy.
Why isn’t it law yet? Because @senatemajldr refuses to allow a vote.
If this saves even 1 life, isn’t it worth it, Sen. McConnell? @realdonaldtrump?
Today, the President said background checks would not have prevented shootings:
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 1, 2019
“For the most part, sadly, if you look at the last four or five, even going back further five, six, seven years… As strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it.”
Trump: “I've had a great relationship with the NRA, and I will always have a great relationship. I've been very good for the NRA.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 19, 2019
More on guns and mass shootings:
Number of days so far this year: 244.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) September 1, 2019
Number of mass shootings so far this year: 342. https://t.co/np8gJW4LFr
Decades from now, when historians teach the survey course about the U.S. since the 1960s, undergraduate students will scratch their heads trying to figure out how any reasonable American opposed stronger gun control during the shooting crisis we are now living through.
— julianzelizer (@julianzelizer) September 1, 2019
As noted in this @washingtonpost article, for example, in 1998 the ATF determined that 6 out of 10 firearms used in crime could be traced (after the fact) to 1% of dealers…but federal law prevents the ATF from disclosing who they are https://t.co/CWPBo7rF7X
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 1, 2019
The two biggest drops in U.S. violence rates (1930s & 1990s) in the last century came directly after the two biggest bursts of anti-gun violence legislation in the last century.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 1, 2019
That’s bc changes in gun laws don’t just have a practical effect – they send a moral signal too.
Poway: AR-15
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) September 1, 2019
Aurora: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15
The New York Times analyzed every congressional grade the NRA has issued since 2008 and found that the group has significantly fewer allies in Congress than it did a decade ago https://t.co/1yilXsM57f
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 27, 2019
REPORTER: Your comment about gun control being 'a slippery slope' is an NRA talking poin–
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 21, 2019
TRUMP: No. It's a Trump talking point … we have a 2nd Amendment & our 2nd Amendment will remain strong. pic.twitter.com/V1jwSvxsou
The 100-round magazine that allowed the Dayton shooter to fire 41 bullets in just 32 seconds was illegal in Ohio until the Republican-led state legislature began to roll back commonsense gun-safety laws. A federal ban on high-capacity magazines is long overdue. https://t.co/hcu9Z1ksTj
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) August 19, 2019
As mass shootings rise, experts say high-capacity magazines should be the focus https://t.co/Ni7f9wg6nn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2019
69 people have been killed in U.S. mass shootings in 2019 alone https://t.co/TBsGTsDRUH
— TIME (@TIME) September 1, 2019
https://t.co/7L42tewEfS via @NYTimes
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 1, 2019
Sad! 