We Have Found The Weapons Of Mass Destruction - They're In Congress, holding up gun reforms

[kpete]

VOTE THEM OUT!!!



Congress is the most powerful enabler of gun violence in America, unmoved from their Second Amendment alarmism even by the slaughter of 49 people by a terrorist using a weapon of war that he purchased legally. Voting these elected officials out is of primary importance for any effective gun reform agenda to progress. Before we can talk about ways to have fewer shootings, Congress needs fewer cowardly Democrats — and fewer Republicans, period.

The entire House of Representatives, of course, is up for reelection in November. Twenty-four of the 34 Senate seats being contested are Republican, secured during the great tea-party wave of 2010. The GOP won control of the Senate that year, but with the indefensible and severely unpopular Donald Trump running at the top of their ticket, they could suffer some significant losses — if not outright lose control — in 2016. Democrats need to gain five seats, which is possible; Republican incumbents face tough races in Ohio, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Illinois, and (potentially) Florida, for example. Perhaps, if Democrats regain the majority, progressive legislators who haven’t yet stepped up might find the strength in numbers that they have so far failed to find in their consciences.

And lest we forget: Defeating these Republicans, especially on a gun-control platform, also means defeating the National Rifle Association. Anyone who’s played with puppets knows it’s not easy to get them to sit on their hands, so the NRA has accomplished quite a feat and should be applauded for its skill at stagecraft, if nothing else. The GOP would rather endorse hyperbolic lies about the Second Amendment to keep people buying firearms than take even superficial measures to address gun violence. PSA, guys: No, the Democrats are not coming for “all your guns” and/or seeking to abolish the constitutional right to bear arms. If only they were!

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We know where the problem lies. None of us should be content to await disappointment. In the coming months, the most urgent action citizens can take for gun control will be inside a polling booth.


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Every senator who voted AGAINST background checks & how much they got from @NRA
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[MisterP]

1. pretty sure Manchin's proud to be considered a "Trump Democrat"

[ileus]

2. Isn't it Joe that said the constitution is standing in the way our progress?

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[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Yep: "Due process is what's killing us now"