Dianne Feinstein is going to introduce a bill to ban assault weapons. One thing I have noticed throughout Dianne Feinstein’s corrupt, calculating, self-serving career is that she is not a leader. She is not politically courageous. She does not go out on a limb.
She is introducing this bill at this point in time because she knows there is overwhelming support for it. Whether that support will last for more than a week or so, or whether it will begin to fade once the funerals are over and the news has moved on to some new development in Syria, or maybe Lindsay Lohan will get arrested again, we will have to wait and see.
It’s Time for Gun Control
I don’t think that DiFi cares. She has won the news cycle, which is her goal.
But I think the time is right to introduce such a bill, and I think it has a good shot at passage. The recent election was a mandate of sorts and, while not all gun nuts are teabaggers, and not all teabaggers are gun nuts, there is enough of an overlap in the Venn diagram that they can be treated as the same group. After the election, they found themselves out of power. After Friday, they are out of favor.
Even if the bill passes, it will be challenged in the courts and there will be efforts to repeal it in congress, and this debate will go on for a long, long time. But, the bill is going to be introduced and that’s something. That’s something real. That’s something good.
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One thing that happens after events like this is that different people make different comments, trying to see things in a different light, and inevitably somebody gets angry because they think the situation is being trivialized or the wrong people are being blamed. There seems to be sort of a one-upsmanship aspect to it, a “you’re not as upset about this as I am” attitude. There was a conversation like that on my facebook page, which quickly turned into an argument about sexism and bullying.
Lighten up, people. We’re all grieving. That doesn’t mean we all have to see things the same way.
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The absolutely stupidest response to this has been from Louie Gohmert (R-Texas, natch) who thinks the solution is for teachers to be armed. I teach. Kids can seriously get on a teacher’s nerves. If all teachers have guns, it’s only a matter of time until one of them up and kills a kid who wouldn’t sit down and shut up. Also, it creates the possibility for a tragic accident.
Fortunately, most people realize Louie Gohmert is an idiot. Unfortunately, most people in his district don’t.
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