And yet we are paralyzed

Created
Mon, 29/05/2023 - 07:30
Updated
Mon, 29/05/2023 - 07:30
A large majority of Americans want stricter gun laws. They are tired of seeing their kids mowed down on a weekly basis: A majority of Americans in a new poll released on Friday said they would support stricter gun control laws. Sixty-four percent said they were in favor of stricter laws, while 36 percent said they were opposed, the CNN-SSRS poll found.  A slightly smaller portion — 54 percent — said that such gun control laws would reduce gun-related deaths in the country, and 58 percent said they believe the government is able take effective action to prevent mass shootings. Some 59 percent in the survey said they were in favor of banning semi-automatic rifles, while 94 percent said they would support taking measures to prevent convicted felons and those with mental health issues from owning guns. Eight in 10 also said people under the age of 21 should be barred from purchasing any type of gun, the poll found. Apparently, the problem is that Joe Biden isn’t doing enough: We’re paralyzed by toxic gun culture that wants guns everywhere and for people to live their lives in fear or live their lives in self-imposed prisons to keep themselves safe. They have captured one of our political parties and the highest court in the land which in 2008 upended 250 years of constitutional understanding and created an “individual right to bear arms.” I’m not sure what the president could unilaterally do to fix that.