Concertgoers carry an injured person from the Route 91 Harvest festival after a gunman opened fire on the crowd Sunday night in Las Vegas. Today, after an unprecedented tragedy in Las Vegas, it's Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) telling Congress to “get off its ass and do something,” and it's Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) A major reason this stalemate will continue is that Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the presidency. Democrats are fond of pointing out that 8 in 10 or 9 in 10 Americans favor expanded background checks for gun purchases. But when the pollster asked whether such a ban would be effective in reducing gun violence, Americans actually disagreed by a small margin, 49-47.

Source: Washington Post October 02, 2017 18:20 UTC