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Lawmakers Offer ‘Prayers’ For Mass Shooting Victims, Receive Large Checks From The NRA
Following Wednesday afternoon’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which left at least 14 people dead, numerous lawmakers tweeted their “thoughts and prayers” to the victims of the gruesome tragedy. But many of the same congresspeople who were quick to publicly register their feelings about the 352nd mass shooting this year, received thousands of dollars from the National Rifle Association and voted against sensible gun reforms like expanding background checks to more gun purchases.
How The Gun Industry Has Systematically Thwarted Regulation And Avoided The Fate Of Cigarettes
It’s a gruesome cycle that has become all too familiar. On Friday, a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado left three people dead and nine more wounded . Despite a history that included domestic assault accusations and a restraining order against him, the shooter was able to obtain an assault weapon.Over the weekend, President Obama gave an impassioned call for action, saying, “This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal. If we truly care about this — if we’re going to offer up our thoughts and prayers again, for God knows how many times, with a truly clean conscience — then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them. Period. Enough is enough.”