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Related: About this forumAs pressure mounts after string of mass shootings, will Republicans agree to gun reforms? - PBS NewsHour
Thousands of people have been killed by guns in the U.S. so far this year and there have been 216 mass shootings, including in Buffalo and Uvalde. Calls for new gun safety laws often follow these tragedies, but Washington has a long history of failed attempts at such legislation. Reporter Heidi Przybyla, who has for years covered the gun reform debate on Capitol Hill, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss. Aired on 05/28/2022.
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As pressure mounts after string of mass shootings, will Republicans agree to gun reforms? - PBS NewsHour (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
May 2022
OP
When Republicans lose elections to Democrats such that Democrats get a supermajority,
Tetrachloride
May 2022
#2
The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have. I predict another stunt.
Midnight Writer
May 2022
#3
No. Nothing meaningful. The 2nd amendment must be torn down and replaced with logic,
Magoo48
May 2022
#9
Why are we waiting for rethuglicans to "come to the rescue". Ain't gonna happen
magicguido
May 2022
#10
doc03
(35,361 posts)1. No nt
Tetrachloride
(7,865 posts)2. When Republicans lose elections to Democrats such that Democrats get a supermajority,
or if they get tomato protests or they are humiliated in front of financial donors, Republicans might compromise
Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)3. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have. I predict another stunt.
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)4. No.
To be "for" gun control is to be "against" white supremacy. No republican politician will go there.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)5. No..
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)6. No, not until there is a cultural/society shift. A major shift.
The gun fetish will have to be broken.
niyad
(113,511 posts)7. FUCK NO! Next stupid question?
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)8. No.
Magoo48
(4,717 posts)9. No. Nothing meaningful. The 2nd amendment must be torn down and replaced with logic,
Sanity, and safety for all.
magicguido
(6,315 posts)10. Why are we waiting for rethuglicans to "come to the rescue". Ain't gonna happen