Guns,Money and Politics

Why does our political system make it impossible even to consider solutions to gun violence? After the massacre(domestic terrorism) in Las Vegas that has so far taken nearly 60 lives and left more than 500 injured, the first reaction of the many politicians who carry water for the gun lobby was to declare it “premature” to discuss measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands. The “premature” word echoed from President Trump’s White House on down, and those who used it were really saying that Congress would never enact even modest efforts to prevent mass shootings. This is damning evidence of the stranglehold that far-right lobbies have on today’s Republicans, who extol law and order except when maintaining it requires confronting the National Rifle Association.E.J. Dionne Jr., Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann

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