I hope we give into the anti-gun "hysteria" this time.

[chieftain]

After Columbine the NRA and its allies slow walked legislative initiatives until the emotional reaction to the tragedy subsided.With Aurora and Oregon there was very little political reaction. We have become so jaded to this type of events and so despairing that politicians have the courage to stand up to the gun lobby that, until today, we have accepted the status quo. We better not let this process play itself out again. We need to embrace the anger and revulsion that today has generated.
The children who survived were told as they were led from the killing zone to close their eyes so they would not see the horror of kindergartners being slaughtered in their school.We cannot continue to close our eyes. We need to hold politicians accountable for upholding the key reason for government. This time they have to choose to protect citizens rather than kowtow to the likes of Wayne LaPierre.

[still_one]

1. We have a pretty good majority in the Senate with the new Congress, and just maybe something can be

done this time. I would be amazed if it happened with the current Congress though

[2naSalit]

9. The only thing about this Congress...

is that they are done... There's only so much damage the can do in the next six days, if that, should they plan on actually showing up for work.

[chieftain]

11. You're right about this Congress.

I am not overly optimistic about the new one. But the only way we will see progress is to mobilize public opinion and keep the pressure on the politicians.

[kimbutgar]

2. Won't happen; I bet you'll hear them over at FOX saying, "the President will probably use this

incident to take away your guns, see we were right all along, so go out and get more guns before they ban them". Just like the other night when other cable news was covering the shopping in the mail in Oregon, they were attacking him over at Fox about Benghazi and his driving us off the cliff.

[chieftain]

8. You're right about Fox.

I hope you are wrong about nothing coming of this.

[pnwmom]

3. Me, too. If a murdered class of kindergartners doesn't do it, nothing will.

[Fresh_Start]

4. its not hysteria

our anger is not unmanageble or unreasonable

[chieftain]

7. I was using the NRA description.

So I edited the post to add quotation marks. My point is that we cannot be silenced until the emotion has subsided.

[MirrorAshes]

5. time to open our eyes

and pull our heads out of the sand

[chieftain]

10. exactly

[kysrsoze]

6. Amen