Lawmakers Feel Pressure on Guns

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

Lawmakers say they are feeling more pressure than ever to act on gun control after the latest deadly mass shooting at a public high school.

A large reason, aides and lawmakers alike say, is the emotional pleas from students who survived the shooting and who have expressed horror at the idea that nothing will be done in response to the killings of their schoolmates.

The grass-roots movement, dubbed Never Again, has kept an extra layer of pressure on members to enact stricter gun laws and take other steps to prevent future massacres.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/374779-lawmakers-feel-pressure-on-guns?userid=216387

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[Skittles]

1. oh, we are just now getting STARTED

[GP6971]

4. I agree

this movement won't die. The kids will keep it alive and I'm so proud of them.

[laserhaas]

2. It only took murdered children, over and over

and over..and over

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. link

National School Walkout, etc.:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10112196

[Honeycombe8]

5. The young people have had an effect. Great! They are the future.

If the GOP turns the young people against them, the GOP will suffer for years to come. Good. (But I'd prefer action on the part of the politicians, not statements that they are feeling pressure.)

[laserhaas]

6. Concur

1 more child harmed - is 1 too many