Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (better known on ShrinkRap as Aunt Minnie) and several others including Rand Paul intend to filibuster even a debate on the Senate floor of gun control legislation. That's right: they do not even want to allow a debate.
Meanwhile, gun violence and gun accidents go on. On Saturday, a deputy sheriff in Tennessee was showing off his gun collection to family members. His wife and nephew came into the room; the 4 year old boy grabbed a gun and pulled the trigger, killing the deputy's wife.
And two days later, in an unrelated incident, another 4 year old boy shot and killed a 6 year old neighbor boy.
Of course, the proposed gun control laws would not have prevented these accidents. But they do show the pervasive presence of guns in our lives, and the casual attitude toward guns that must change. If not now, when? And what greater motive will we ever have?
Ralph
PS: A question for the deputy sheriff: Why did you have a LOADED gun in this collection you were showing off to family?
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