Following a recent string of gun-related tragedies over the past year, few people were surprised by President Obama's efforts to enact legislation aimed at reforming the nation's gun laws.
Of course, equally unsurprising was the deep division of opinions regarding both the effectiveness and necessity of such legislation, which included a proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons resembling military assault rifles. In addition, the bill had also recently introduced a number of amendments, the most significant of which aimed to expand background checks for gun buyers at firearms shows and on the Internet.
Of course, equally unsurprising was the deep division of opinions regarding both the effectiveness and necessity of such legislation, which included a proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons resembling military assault rifles. In addition, the bill had also recently introduced a number of amendments, the most significant of which aimed to expand background checks for gun buyers at firearms shows and on the Internet.
As a result, prices for both firearms and ammunition have spiked over the past few months along with demand, as worried consumers began to stockpile the products.
Negative Reaction.
“Irresponsibility and demagoguery are a threatening mix especially
when exhibited by the President of the United States.” One political
commentator was quoted as saying.
President Obama became unhinged following the defeat in the Senate of the universal background check bill put
forth by Senators Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin.
Obama said, “All that happened today was the preservation of the
loophole that lets dangerous criminals buy guns without a background check.
That didn’t make our kids safer.”
Since when do dangerous criminals buy their guns from licensed
dealers?
I mean even Dianne Feinstein admitted on the
floor of the Senate that a universal background check would not have prevented
Newtown, but would have seen some people who were unfit to own firearms unable
to purchase them.
But all that matters to Obama is that he didn’t get his way. Hell
hath no fury like Obama scorned, Commented another.
An Unresponsive Senate.
Things we
perceive as good, fail and things we adopt as bad, prosper. This is where the
game of politics is crippling the US as a country. Instead of coming together
on major issues to resolve problems, Politicians seem to try getting political
points from voters instead.
Unfortunately for the president who was re-elected, Using a national
tragedy that sparked a coast-to-coast outrage, failed to get a measure through
the Senate even when it was supported by
9 out of 10 Americans and a majority of the senate, yet a certain minority of
the opposition was able to block it. Thanks to the Guns lobby and a scare
campaign relating to the second amendment of the constitution they were able to
defeat the bill.
President Barack Obama measure was not a giant leap forward on gun
control but would have been a step forward in the right direction, preventing
people who had a record or had a mental illness from buying guns. In reality a
logical step forward.
Gun violence falls on deaf ears.
For the families of those killed or wounded by gun violence and who
watched with judging eyes as the Senate killed the measure by a vote of 54-46
(it needed a supermajority of 60 votes to pass), what to make of the vote was
an easy call.
“Shame on you!” Patricia Maisch shouted from the visitors gallery
above the Senate floor.
Maisch, a grandmotherly figure who disarmed the shooter in the Tucson
carnage that nearly claimed the life of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, was happy
to elaborate as reporters swarmed her after the vote. “I decided I could not
sit still,” she said. “They have no souls, they have no compassion.”
But on Wednesday, they had the votes.
"We can do more if Congress gets its act together. And if this
Congress refuses to listen to the American people and pass common-sense gun
legislation, then the real impact is going to have to come from the
voters," declared President Obama. "You need to let your
representatives in Congress know that you are disappointed, and that if they
don’t act this time, you will remember come election time."
A worthy Ideal.
We should remember that Democracy is about representing the
people.
Humanity looking after humans, humanely.
Humanity looking after humans, humanely.
What will it take for the American senate to polarize and stop
playing their games? The Democratic government has been opposed in the last two
terms by the Republican dominated Senate, which has seen crisis after crisis
that has crippled the government and almost bankrupted the nation. Whilst senators from both parties tussle in
government enjoying the battles and all the perks that go with it, ordinary Americans are losing
their jobs, their homes and their children to gun violence.
A Lost Opportunity Realised.
Pat
yourselves on the back all you politicians, you are looking after your
constituents while you milk the system at their expense. Enjoy your blood money
from the donations of gun lobbies and return to your families remembering
that others aren’t so
lucky. You win today senators but everyone else is the loser.
The most powerful man in the world could not dominate his own
government, and is humbled by a hostile senate, he’s hand cuffed by politics,
overcome by gun lobbies, humbled by his humanity and his sincere desire to help
his country.
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