Commentary: Democrats say Congress ‘should act’ on guns — but they’re too cowardly to talk details

By Chris Enloe

It took no time at all for Democrats, the media, and opponents of Second Amendment rights to call for more gun control after a gunman opened fire in Las Vegas Sunday night, killing at least 58 people and injuring more than 500 others.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a devout opponent of gun rights, said:

This must stop. It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there aren’t public policy responses to this epidemic. There are, and the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired with legislative indifference. It’s time for Congress to get off its ass and do something.

Meanwhile, the Los Angles Times editorial board wrote: “The slaughter in Las Vegas is all too familiar, yet Americans refuse to stop it.”

Many other politicians and progressives made similar claims about guns on Monday, including former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who for some unknown reason tweeted about silencers as a way to bash the National Rifle Association.

It’s more than understandable — natural even — to advocate for a legislative remedy after another shooting, this one the deadliest in U.S. …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze