BREAKING: Democrats Stage Sit-In On House Floor Over Gun Bills (interviews, Kennedy)
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Well, as soon as one walks into a school or a nightclub and mows down scores of people with some box cutters I'm sure Congress will get right on it.
Stupid responses like this are part of the reason we are not allowed to even have a discussion about the never ending mass shootings in this country. We're supposed to simply say, oh, well, nothing we can do about it, and go on our way.
I'm glad the Democrats are finally saying enough.
We have had many discussions. Just not the right ones.
I saw that. It seems rather childish, although I do recall when 'sit ins' were a popular form of protest. Indeed, I guess Mr. Lewis, being one of the last of the 'old time' Civil Rights Movement protestors left alive, took part in a fair number of sit-ins at lunch counters and such, and that is why he is doing this.
However, I am against such antics in the United States House of Representatives. I also read that Senator Chris Martin went onto the House floor to join in. I was against it when Rafael Edward Cruz, Canadian Senator from Texas, went onto the House floor to agitate for closing the government, and I am against it now. Mr. Martin should sit on his own floor, in the Senate.
However, Mr. Ryan should have let C-Span continue to televise the House floor. That is what it is for. Let people see what the Democrats are doing.
What do we expect from a bunch of anti-Veitnam, bongo & tambourine cumbiya circle jerkers.
Yes, the continual terrorist attacks are a huge problem. Unfortunately, Mullah Obama and his lemminglike followers refuse to even acknowledge the problem, much less address it.
Dylann Roof was not a terrorist. Adam Lanza was not a terrorist. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were not terrorists. But we also aren't allowed to talk about keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. How should we have stopped them?
Hmm, as gun ownership and concealed carry have gone up, violent crime has gone down. We're at nearly historic lows now, and more people are carrying firearms than at any time since the 1800s. So, yeah, apparently more guns does lead to a safer society. Perhaps you should study psychology and/or history to figure out why that is.
No need to figure anything out.
Those statistics have more to do with demographics than gun ownership.
So what are your ideas to stop the continual mass shootings? Or do you feel that everything is just fine the way it is and there is no need to do anything?
how about terror lists with criteria and due process?
you make it sound as though some ambiguous law is going to stop criminals.
Democrats literally sat down on the floor of the House chamber on Wednesday, forcing the House into a temporary recess, as part of an effort to compel Republican leadership to vote on gun control legislation.
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights leader who led sit ins in the '60s, berated Congress for its continued inaction in the wake of the continuous mass shootings across the country.
Following his speech he informed Ryan that he was going to take a seat. Then he did so, sitting down on the floor. And dozens of Democrats joined him.
Republicans promptly gaveled the House into a temporary recess and ordered C-SPAN to turn off the cameras so Americans couldn't see the action taking place in the House. When Republicans attempted to reconvene a short while ago, Democrats remained seated on the floor, and Ryan was forced to call another recess.
And so it remains right now.
The purple Pill Martini Woman Nancy Polse and Harry read did the same to the Republicans in the day!
I find it interesting. I wonder if they will send out for Pizza?
Everyone went home and the bullies stand an throw threats and intimidation around...
They should have circled the republicans.
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Fair play is good.
