Whenever there's a high profile mass shooting, elected Democrats immediately shriek "GUN CONTROL NOW!!!" or "WE NEED TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE!!!" literally (and I do mean literally) before all the bodies are cold. And then when Republicans offer actual common sense solutions (most of which do not involve restricting civil liberties), progs then accuse the right of offering nothing more than "thoughts and prayers."
Here's the dirty little secret: Dems don't really want a solution to gun violence, particularly in the aftermath of last week's tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. Anticipating that they're going to get shellacked in this year's midterm elections, Democrats are taking a page outta Rahm Emmanuel's playbook of not letting a good crisis go to waste. So when their draconian and often unconstitutional proposals are rightly rejected, Dems feign indignation in an effort to construct campaign ads.
On Thursday, New York Congressman Mondaire Jones gave up the game.
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY):
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 2, 2022
"You will not stop us from passing [gun control]. If the filibuster obstructs us, we will abolish it. If the Supreme Court objects, we will expand. We will not rest until we've taken weapons of war out of our communities." pic.twitter.com/0x3t1aJXBn
Keep in mind that the laundry list of items Rep. Jones says the Democrats will enact if they don't get their way here are what they have been aiming at for some time. The urgency merely ramped up in the aftermath of then President Donald Trump getting a third Supreme Court Justice seated just prior to the 2020 presidential election. But now Dems believe this latest tragedy is the cudgel they need to stave off a red tsunami this November. They're gravely mistaken of course, but they'll continue to dance on the grave of gun violence victims nonetheless.
The only wildcard here is Republicans Senators. As long as there are less than ten Rs willing to vote for cloture on debate over gun legislation, any proposals can be thwarted right then and there. As such, Republicans ought not cave in to our incoherent President with the 39% approval rating. Like it or not, gun violence will not be in the top ten of voters' concerns this fall. Remember, social media raging does not nearly constitute a majority.
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