Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) calls for gun control in the wake of June 2016's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. In that way, it's somewhat similar to how President Barack Obama spoke about mass shootings late in his term. After multiple failed efforts to persuade Congress to act on gun control, he and his White House admitted that the will simply wasn't there. Here, Murphy pins the “blood that flows endlessly onto the floors” directly on lawmakers who have opposed gun control. Here, Murphy suggests it's part of the epidemic of mass shootings — even as the shootings don't claim as many victims all at once.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2017 16:03 UTC