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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI Sadly Predict that following the Parkland Massacre, Our Congress will do Absolutely Nothing.
McConnell will not bring up any bill concerning guns.
Ryan will do nothing that goes against the nra.
Trump already got the word from the nra.
We're right back where we started and it will happen again and again and again...
I do so hope i'm wrong.
MineralMan
(146,395 posts)Then, we'll wait for another horrific shooting, and they'll do the same thing again. That's what they do.
The answer? Retake control of Congress, starting in November, 2018. That is the only possible solution. How long will that take us to learn?
GOTV Always!
Ohiogal
(32,413 posts)Re-taking Congress will be our best hope. Sad, but true. The GOP is too afraid to stand up to the NRA. (and the Congress critters that have their hands out for NRA funding) My senator, Portman, is one of the worst in that regard. He gets an A+ rating from that organization, too.
spanone
(136,139 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,919 posts)past is prologue.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)snowybirdie
(5,283 posts)that at least young peop!e will register and vote Democratic in the Fall. Only way to fix ourselves of these monsters.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Take over majority control of both the House, and the Senate, and get these two paid for NRA and Russian hacks out of power. Voters see what they're doing, and what they refuse to do now, again. Its backfiring on them this time.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I predict there will be violence..... a lot of it..
nevertheless, we must take both houses back
bluestarone
(17,315 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)greymattermom
(5,754 posts)why they don't allow guns in Congress or their offices. Cowards, right?
rtracey
(2,062 posts)GET OUT THE VOTE 2018....
aikoaiko
(34,188 posts)Just in time to impact 2018 midterms.
Connecticut is one of 13 states that use their own screening system, then reports the information they obtain to NICS.
Congress has no authority to compel states to report all information NICS collects. The Murphy-Cornyn bill would offer new financial incentives, as well as favorable access to other federal assistance programs, to states that report infractions to the system.
The bill has a stick as well as carrots. It would withhold bonuses and overtime pay from political appointees who head agencies that arent fully compliant in their reporting of information to NICS.
https://ctmirror.org/2018/02/19/trump-considering-support-of-murphy-cornyn-gun-bill/