Republican politicians have no regard for the desires of the people. Here is an example regarding gun safety:
“A new Fox News poll out yesterday shows that:
- 87% of voters favor background checks for gun purchases,
- 81% favor making 21 the minimum age to buy a gun,
- 80% want mental health care checks on all gun buyers,
- 80% want flags for people who are dangerous to themselves or others,
- 77% want a 30-day waiting period to buy a gun, and
- 61% want an assault weapons ban.
And yet, Republican majorities in state legislatures are rapidly rolling back gun laws.”
Why? Because of our broken primary election system where only the most rabidly political people vote in primaries, and that includes fanatical gun nuts. The 20% who oppose all gun responsibility laws are the ones who elect Republican candidates.
So children are trained in how to stay alive when killers come for them, and deranged men kill families if five, including a child, when he is asked to stop firing his AR15 in the backyard.
I do not know how assault weapons manufacturers can live with themselves. Or Republican lawmakers.
Assault weapons are for war. Not neighborhoods. Obvious.
And, lest I forget why —
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