Yesterday's attack on a Republican baseball practice was one of 155 shootings involving four or more people since the first of this year. That's almost one such incident every day. Congressman Steve Scalise is still in critical condition. Out of "respect" to him, Congress has cancelled a hearing on bills that would ease regulations on firearm silencers and armor-piercing ammunition. Even Democrats who favor gun control aren't pushing it hard. Whatever happened to limitations on the Second Amendment favored by public opinion?
Gun violence strikes Congress: How will lawmakers respond?
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- Hawkings on there being no signs that baseball shooting will change Hill's ways
- Schecter on Senate doing NRA's bidding, letting mentally ill people buy guns
- Kopel on why media polls on gun control are so often unreliable
- Follman on anti-Trump rage not adequately explaining the congressional shooting
Credits
Guests:
- David Hawkings - CQ Roll Call - @davidhawkings
- Cliff Schecter - Daily Beast - @cliffschecter
- David Kopel - law professor at Denver University and policy analyst at CATO Institute - @davekopel
- Mark Follman - Mother Jones - @markfollman