10-02-2017, 07:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2017, 07:38 PM by Eric the Green.)
When will Republicans and those who vote for them wake up to the truth? From Sen. Murphy:
The scale of devastation today in Las Vegas is hard to comprehend. Over 50 dead. Hundreds and hundreds more badly injured. And all of this carnage a result of one man with a handful of weapons, carried out over the course of just a few minutes. My god.
That makes this the largest and deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
It goes without saying that all of our hearts are with the victims, their families, the first responders, and the entire Las Vegas community.
But it must be said that nowhere else but in America do these horrific, large-scale mass shootings happen with this degree of regularity. Tragically, this epidemic is uniquely American.
This madness has to stop. And the collective silence from Congress in the face of these mass shootings is complicity -- it sends a quiet message that as a legislative body, these murders are something that we are willing to accept.
It's time for us to stop pretending that there aren't public policy responses to this epidemic.
There are. And the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired with continued legislative indifference. It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something.
I am not ashamed to admit that no legislation will suddenly stamp out every act of mass violence in this country. But the excuse that legislative action is not a guarantee that we will prevent future tragedies is just a mask for cowardice, or cold-hearted political calculation.
Should we pass comprehensive background checks? Should we take weapons off the streets that are designed solely to kill lots of people with speed and efficiency? Should we do more to ensure records are getting into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System? Should we act to make sure it's easier to get mental health care than it is to buy a gun in this country?
Yes. Yes. Yes. To every one of those questions, yes.
But to do nothing at all? That is truly unimaginable.
We are all grieving today -- as one nation -- but tragedies like this one must also strengthen our resolve to take action that will save lives in this country.
It does for me.
Every best wish,
Chris Murphy
U.S. Senator, Connecticut
"Unimaginable"-- yet that is reality. It's the reality that Republicans create.
The scale of devastation today in Las Vegas is hard to comprehend. Over 50 dead. Hundreds and hundreds more badly injured. And all of this carnage a result of one man with a handful of weapons, carried out over the course of just a few minutes. My god.
That makes this the largest and deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
It goes without saying that all of our hearts are with the victims, their families, the first responders, and the entire Las Vegas community.
But it must be said that nowhere else but in America do these horrific, large-scale mass shootings happen with this degree of regularity. Tragically, this epidemic is uniquely American.
This madness has to stop. And the collective silence from Congress in the face of these mass shootings is complicity -- it sends a quiet message that as a legislative body, these murders are something that we are willing to accept.
It's time for us to stop pretending that there aren't public policy responses to this epidemic.
There are. And the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired with continued legislative indifference. It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something.
I am not ashamed to admit that no legislation will suddenly stamp out every act of mass violence in this country. But the excuse that legislative action is not a guarantee that we will prevent future tragedies is just a mask for cowardice, or cold-hearted political calculation.
Should we pass comprehensive background checks? Should we take weapons off the streets that are designed solely to kill lots of people with speed and efficiency? Should we do more to ensure records are getting into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System? Should we act to make sure it's easier to get mental health care than it is to buy a gun in this country?
Yes. Yes. Yes. To every one of those questions, yes.
But to do nothing at all? That is truly unimaginable.
We are all grieving today -- as one nation -- but tragedies like this one must also strengthen our resolve to take action that will save lives in this country.
It does for me.
Every best wish,
Chris Murphy
U.S. Senator, Connecticut
"Unimaginable"-- yet that is reality. It's the reality that Republicans create.