I don't like that what happened in Orlando has already faded into being "the past"

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11. Gun-advocates at DU were quick to assure us that nothing would come of it

Thanks to the dutiful efforts of the NRA toadies in Congress and elsewhere, this horrific tragedy has been consigned to the scrap heap with no more than a blip on the legislative agenda. Of course, even before the smoke had cleared, gun-advocates had already leaped into the fray to remind us how important guns are and how there's no possible way to enact any sort of policy that might actually make it more difficult to obtain semiautomatic weapons and kill or would 100 people in one go.

Why, we're hearing even today that rifles are super-safe and couldn't possibly be part of the problem. How silly to imagine otherwise, in fact!


For those with any basic sense of human compassion or even a dim awareness of the hatred and persecution dumped on the LGBT community, Orlando most certainly hasn't "faded into the past." Unfortunately, once the blood is washed from the scene and the victims laid to rest, the media doesn't give a shit and goes back to biding its time until the next ratings-friendly killing spree.

They probably won't have to wait long for the next one, alas, because Congress certainly hasn't done (and won't likely do) anything to prevent it.