So - Republicans will do NOTHING? Again. Then paste ...

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9. That's a valid observation. But I genuinely think ...

… that the support for some basic, common sense measures would benefit us more than hurt us.

How can any reasonable person oppose background checks and age restrictions on people seeking to purchase tactical weapons DESIGNED for mass killings? That is, unless they are being paid by lobbyists to oppose?

And again, my point about this strategy is to carefully NOT include anything controversial in the bills. Stick only to the measures known to be supported by the vast majority of the electorate. I’m talking about a 1 or 2 paragraph bill that can’t be twisted out of context. Call it the “Respect for Law Abiding Gun Owners” bill, targeting the non-law abiding offenders as people who should never own such a weapon - like troubled 18 year old teenagers.

It’s NOT going to pass. Agreed. But we know most of not all republicans will vote against it, right? No matter how simple and rational it is. Then they’re on record, and we can saturate the airwaves in the run up to the midterms.

And yes, I realize this is the very definition of politicizing this tragedy. But it is a political policy issue. It’s time we treated it as such.