Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 08:44 pm
“Disarm hate!” “We’re with you!”
These were the chants that accompanied the Democratic House Caucus’s press event to pressure House Republicans to allow real gun violence prevention legislation, during which Civil Rights icon John Lewis vowed, “We have the power, we have the ability, to disarm hate!”
The event was centered around gun violence survivors, families and advocates.
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi opened by saying to the victims and families of victims of gun violence, “We welcome you with reverence.” She closed by passionately vowing to get this done, “We will not stop until our job is done, to pass this legislation!
Watch here:
https://youtu.be/iHfLcvlifbI
Pelosi explained that Democrats want two measures: a “No fly, no buy” bill and to close the loopholes on background checks. Instead, Speaker Ryan is pushing a NRA approved measure that would do nothing but look like something it isn’t.
At the close of the testimony given by people impacted by gun violence, Pelosi said we’ve “borne witness” to this testimony. The Democratic Leader said “We are on sacred ground. We’re talking about life and death. We’re talking about compassion. We’re talking about having an answer. No fly, no buy, close the background check loophole… We will not stop until our job is done, to pass this legislation.”
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) took the podium and vowed to get this done, “We have the power, we have the ability, to disarm hate!”
In the wake of House Democrats’ historic gun violence legislation sit in, Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he would allow a sham vote on a NRA approved bill. The New York Daily News called the Republican measure “a sham of a bill, endorsed by the NRA, to appear to close the terror loophole.”
The Republican bill is about misleading the people, since the majority of Americans want responsible gun reform. Most people do not want us to continue to legally sell guns to terrorists.
The New York Times Editorial Board pointed out that terrorists use our ridiculously impotent gun laws to harm us:
“America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms,†one spokesman for Al Qaeda said in a 2011 recruitment video. “So what are you waiting for?â€
Terrorists are waiting for nothing. They keep buying guns here.
We are waiting on Republicans. Republicans refuse to protect the American people because of their subservience to the NRA’s profit motive.
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