Dana Milbank predicts NOTHING will change in the way of gun laws

[bigdarryl]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-slow-walking-the-gun-issue/2012/12/17/47a600dc-4895-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html

[COLGATE4]

1. Hate to say it, but Milbank is dead on on this one. nt

[Cosmocat]

4. Not a chance, none, nada, zip

that this republican House passes ANY kind of bill that in ANY way moves the other direction on guns.

None.

[BlueDemKev]

2. I agree with Dana on this.

Gun laws will never change in the U.S.. People simply refuse to stand up and fight for tighter gun laws. The gun lobby on the other hand will fight to the last drop of blood in their arsenal.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. How could it with those that change the laws held hostage by lobbying money?

(well, their greed keeps them being held hostage)

[WooWooWoo]

5. it's not that

Americans, or at least a sizeable portion of them, like their guns and believe that if they're not committing a crime with them, that they shouldn't have to give them up.

And from a political standpoint, gun control isn't a long-lasting issue. Nobody wants to be kicked out of office for voting on a law that has a shaky, at best, chance of actually reducing violence.

Personally, if I had to scede the gun control issue to keep enough Democrats in office to keep abortion legal, keep furthering gay rights, civil rights, economic fairness and environmental issues, I'll do that.

I'm not going to go to war on this issue, and a lot of elected democrats aren't either, and republicans certainly aren't going to do anything.

So Milbank is right, it's status quo as usual.

Will there be one day when the climate might change? Possibly, but we're not even close to there right now. Even after this tragedy.

[budkin]

6. Agreed. It's all show.

You think Congress will pass anything you are crazy.

[davidpdx]

7. Yep

Unfortunately he's right. The Republicans hold the majority in the House and that alone is enough to kill any bill. Plus it would have to overcome a filibuster effort in the Senate.

[Bake]

8. I think we might get a renewed assault weapons ban.

And it will have ZERO impact on anything.

Bake

[Jennicut]

9. The House is Republican held. The Senate may pass lots of things.

And the House will probably never pass it. Hence the general freakout over the fiscal cliff crap.