Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) told reporters afterward that the Democrats wanted to remind the public that the House went on a break without holding a vote on gun control or safety. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) told a Wisconsin radio station this week that he won't tolerate another sit-in when the House returns. Rep. Doris Matsui and some of her fellow Democrats drowned out the acting speaker Tuesday afternoon during a brief, routine House meeting as they demanded a vote on gun legislation. California Democrats are holding similar events in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities around the state this week . Dozens of House Democrats are holding gun-violence-related events back home Wednesday to keep attention on the issue as news of the June 12 killing of 49 people in an Orlando gay nightclub fades from the headlines.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 28, 2016 22:29 UTC