| SpokenTruth said: That's bullshit. Because Republicans never come to the table to start with. They never bring up their own gun regulations. Saying nothing happens because Democrats are not reasonable enough is a cop out of monumental proportions. Republicans care more for guns than they do lives. It's a truth they want to avoid but can't. They accepted the death of dozens of children and provided absolutely nothing to prevent a further incident. Blaming Democrats for being overly zealous in their demands or polls showing they no longer want a weapons assault ban (more bullshit) says nothing about Republicans sitting back and doing nothing but polishing their guns while people die. Republicans value guns over the lives of children. Period. We have had far too many mass shootings and child deaths by guns were Republicans turned a blind eye, tried to change the debate to black on black Chicago crime or some other irrational and irrelevant debate that they can no longer not be held responsible for enabling more death. If you are not willing to give up guns to prevent death, you enable that death. You accept it as part of the right to own it. Whataboutisms, diversions of race/class issues, Constitutional rights, etc...are blankets to snuggle under so you don't have to face the reality that this nation has a problem with using guns to kill people.
Real men admit when there is a problem, cowards hide them. I'll let you try figure out who is who. |
Except they did bring up their own versions. Last year Senator John Cornyn and Chuck Grassley both proposed gun control legislation and Democrats voted it down.
The same happened the December before. Grassley's proposal didn't pass because "Democrats don't think it does enough to expand background checks because, well, it doesn't expand background checks. It simply tries to improve the system we have now."
Cornyn's ammendment didn't pass because Democrats didn't think it gave the attorney general enough power outside of due-process. This is despite the ACLU criticizing such a position.
Your side-stepping Gallup polls, which are generally well esteemed, is no different from the Breitbart guys calling polls "fake news." Gallup polls are well-substantiated and their methodology is sound.
The rest of your post was just fear-mongering drivel filled with propagandic emotional pleads and dichotomous black and white thinking. Pure partisanship rather than a reasonable analysis of the current situation.
And then it is ended with a sexist statement "real men admit when there is a problem."
I am glad that you, and the rest of the faux-left, admit that "if you are not willing to give up guns ...." which implies that "give up guns" is the ultimate goal. Yes, so that the plutocrats, like Bloomberg, can consolidate their political power further.
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