Family members and lawmakers say they're frustrated Congress has not done anything in the three years since a gunman killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton,Conn.
Monday is the third anniversary of the shooting, and relatives came the Capitol nowadays demanding Congress accomplish something."You beget failed to preserve us safe, and " said Po Murray,a co-founder of Newtown Action Alliance, a group seeking tougher gun laws. "We are sick and tired of your inaction."Surrounded by those families, and U.
S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tried to contain his exasperate and sadness. How can Congress accomplish nothing for three years when eighty people are killed by guns every day he asked?"By this time tomorrow,there will be eighty other families who could join them in this room. And then 80 more the next day," he said."How cold-hearted is this place?”Democrats want a background check for everyone buying a gun online or at a gun exhibit, and a ban on sales to anyone on a terrorism watch list.
They're also proposing to repeal what's known as the Dickey amendment,a 19-year-old piece of legislation that caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop studying gun violence.
But even Republicans who beget had mass shootings in their own districts say gun control doesn’t work. Theyd rather focus on mental health programs. Republicans in both chambers beget rejected the idea of banning gun sales to those on federal terrorism watch lists.
Republicans say using the list could deny the Second Amendment rights of people who beget not been charged or convicted of a crime. Democrats say people build on the list in error could appeal.
An October Gallup poll found 55 percent of those surveyed want stricter gun laws, while 33 percent said gun laws should stay the same.
Source: wnyc.org