I really love Joe but I still wish he went down on guns harder than he did.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

I understand why he didn't but we need to go full on Britain or Australia... Or Germany, Or Japan...

Just look at the fucking statistics!



Too many people here are frightened by the NRA, Q and the totally ignorant.

[Srkdqltr]

1. Stop it. Nothing is ever enough for you people.

[demtenjeep]

14. agree

I thought it was damn good

[onenote]

2. We're not Britain or Australia.

He knows it.

[elleng]

7. Yes.

[Hekate]

3. He's still talking. What's wrong?

[highplainsdem]

4. He's going for what might be possible now. Which is the right strategy.

[FalloutShelter]

8. Exactly

Let’s not make the perfect the enemy of the possible.

What does it profit Democrats to push legislation that is no chance of passing? Getting them on the record? They are on the record.

[relayerbob]

5. Joe isn't the problem

The GQP is. Period. He’s trying to thread the needle.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Joe knows what's possible & knows it's about November. We don't need blowback by angling for 2 much

We need what action we can get, and to put the pressure on the Senate and voters, and keep the ball moving.

[agingdem]

13. yes he does..elect more Democrats...

a bigger majority in the Senate renders Mitch (and Manchin) irrelevant..and that's Biden's point..hell in raining down on the Republicans to do something, anything and Biden knows it...get it done or he will..

[Novara]

9. Prodding Congress isn't enough

And it never works. There's no way to get 10 republicans to vote for any gun reform. It just isn't possible.

He can take executive actions, and he should. Make them sue him, but DO SOMETHING.

Prodding Congress is useless.

[DET]

12. Agreed

Nothing consequential will happen in Congress. Biden needs to issue an executive order. Let them sue.

[Demsrule86]

16. Try voting and an executive order will not work...it will be knocked down in a New York minute.

[mcar]

10. ...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. "I understand why he didn't but we need to go full on Britain or Australia... Or Germany, Or Japan..

But I can wish. This is a step. a small step and it may be all that many think he can get away with.

We need to go nuclear in this argument and get truly aggressive.

Guns are fucking up America/

[Demsrule86]

15. We are not Britain or Australia...we will be lucky to get anything. Some are never happy.

[SYFROYH]

17. I think he should have gone the other way.

He could have changed the game if he said he promises not to sign an AWB into law, even though he wants one, if he got the raised age for possession and purchase, red flag law support, and universal background check.

[JI7]

18. He wants to try to actually get something done

We are backwards nation so it's not possible to be where other modern civilized countries are right now.