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Originally Posted by Monkei
We shall see. It's going to be awfully hard to quantitate the results of the policies the president is proposing.
However, I would hate to be a senator or congressman who voted against such controls the next time one of these tragedies happen.
The trick is going to be getting our elected officials on record with a recorded in session vote. There is too much of this not bringing bills to the floor to be voted on and the cowards in Washington hide instead behind filibusters and non votes.
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You are absolutely correct that it's going to take courage to get anything meaningful accomplished by congress, something noticeably missing in Washington.
I contact my senator daily to find out where he stands on universal background checks for all gun buyers, but have yet to hear back except for an automated response. As the father of four young children, he should not want the blood of future dead children on his hands, but until he commits to take a stand on gun control, that's exactly what will happen.
As the president said (I'm paraphrasing here) if just one life is saved, the fight is worth it...especially to that one person whose life was saved.