This has been a tough week for gun-control advocates. We had the worst mass shooting in American history, and they just couldn’t seem to exploit it. They had a cute filibuster in the Senate, and they got the vote they wanted. Problem is, it didn’t go the way they wanted.
The plain fact is, the general public doesn’t consider gun control a pressing issue. We all grieve at the horrors of Newtown, Aurora, and Orlando, but gun-control advocates would have us believe they grieve even more. The rest of us just don’t feel it as much as they do, and anyone who suggests their hasty “solutions” might be defective gets labeled as stupid, bigoted, or lacking in conscience.
And let me tell you, nobody has more conscience than a bunch of progressives craving attention. So, this week, John Lewis decided to stage a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives. Continued...