On Wednesday, April 17, the US Senate defeated a compromise proposal to expand background checks on firearms sales. Our elected leaders voted 54-46 against a measure that might prevent another massacre like the one that killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School four short months ago.
According to CNN, the National Rifle Association promised political retribution against supporters of tougher gun laws. It’s OK to weep and rage over the ripped lives and limbs at the Boston Marathon. Bombs are bad; guns, quite another.
Four months after Sandy Hook and four days before the 14th anniversary of Columbine, our leaders have spoken. The NRA wins again. It makes you wonder who’s pulling the strings.
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