Progressive Discussion - Monday 10-2-17

Just feel sick over the horrible, senseless slaughter in Las Vegas. How long are we going to allow this sort of thing to go on? How did we ever get to a place where such a thing would ever even be conceivable?

We do nothing and allow mass killings, and Congress also does nothing and allowed CHIP the Children's Health Insurance Program to expire. What sort of society have we become?

I don't know the motives of that gunman. I don't know if he was political. But I do know that we have allowed hatred and violence to become a part of our "normal" world. I also know that the JA in the WH fans the flames of that hatred and divisiveness on a daily basis. I know that politicians in Washington have become more concerned about lining their own pockets and pumping up their own egos than they are in working for the American people, and thus many, many children have no healthcare this morning even as many in Las Vegas have been senselessly slaughtered leaving nothing but heartbreak in the wake.

No " huge, beautiful, best ever," wall or " extreme vetting"immigration laws could have prevented this. We need to focus within our borders & the hate filled normal, as Joyce described....just so sad!

"Warmest condolences?" What the heck is that?! Cold comfort to those families. A little sincerity, and genuine effort towards stopping this madness would be far more appreciated. Who ever heard of sending warmest condolences? It doesn't even sound vaguely sincere. Is that the absolute best his speech writers are capable of doing?

Slate.com....
Chris Murphy, now a Connecticut senator, represented the House district that includes Newtown, Connecticut, when 20 children and six adults were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He has since been one of Congress’ foremost advocates of gun control legislation, prominently conducting a 15-hour filibuster to protest inaction on the subject after the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. His response to the news that at least 50 people were killed and 400 injured by a heavily armed man in Las Vegas on Sunday night was direct:

This must stop. It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there aren't public policy responses to this epidemic. There are, and the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired with continued legislative indifference. It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something.
The Las Vegas shooter has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a Nevada man who was found dead by police on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino. It’s not yet clear how he obtained the weapons used in the shooting.

Andy Borowitz.......
So the Republicans are trying to pass something called "The Hearing Protection Act," which would make it easier to buy gun silencers -- an excellent idea, because I do not want my hearing impacted in any way while I am being randomly killed.

"It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something." Well said Senator Murphy! You must make your Connecticut constituents proud. If only the rest of our elected officials would start speaking out with their votes rather than bowing down to the NRA.

That those in Washington refuse to even consider SENSIBLE gun control infuriates me. I don't know how this man got his guns. Maybe he got them all completely legally, but there must have been some clues somewhere that he was capable of this. I refuse to accept that nothing can be done. Nobody wants to ban all guns as the GOP and the NRA want to try and portray those of us who are begging for gun control, but there is a sensible way to allow sports enthusiasts to have a gun or someone who feels they need one for safety (what a sad world we live in there!) and still control the unbridled spread of guns particularly automatic weapons.