Prolly cause the 27th Obammy and Hitlary are gonna sign in the world treaty bull$hit anyway...... From what I read anyway,,,,,,,,,,,,,
While tragedies like the mass murder in a Colorado movie theater once spurred congressional action to control guns, the reaction on Capitol Hill this time has been virtual silence.
The National Rifle Association derives its influence in part from its grade ratings of congressional lawmakers, which it sends to its members. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Republicans historically oppose limits on the rights of gun owners. Democrats have come to view the issue as a political loser for them even as recent election results suggest the influence of the National Rifle Association has been overstated.
“Democrats have decided, I think wrongly politically and morally, that it’s only an issue they can lose on,” said Daniel Webster, co-director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
Charles Schumer of New York, the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat who as a U.S. representative led the successful 1994 fight in the House to ban 19 military-style assault weapons, said there isn’t much point in pushing for new laws restricting guns these days. “We see the power of the NRA around here,” he told reporters yesterday.
“This is not a time to be bringing out all those old gun- control bills,” Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate’s second-ranking Republican, told reporters.
‘Weapons of War’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada offered scant encouragement yesterday after a fellow Democrat, New Jersey Senator
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-25/nra-muscle-chills-gun-control-talk-after-shootings.html
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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