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Related: About this forumThe Congressional Black Caucus just issued a Passionate Call for GUN CONTROL
Brook Bufa ?@jupiter896 1h1 hour ago
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The Congressional Black Caucus Just Issued a Passionate Call for Gun Control
"Republicans, what on earth. Why are you recoiling and not giving us a debate on gun violence?!"
Hannah LevintovaJul. 8, 2016 5:03 PM
Two weeks ago, a group of House Democrats led a 26-hour sit-in, after Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) peacefully occupied the House floor to force a vote on two pieces of gun control legislation that the GOP had refused to consider. Congress returned to Washington this week just as three firearms-related tragedies rocked the nation: The police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the fatal shooting of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night. Friday afternoon, members of the Congressional Black Caucus renewed calls for the GOP to pass gun control legislation.
"We don't need to leave the Hill this week, or any week, without assuring the American people that we understand the problem of police misconduct in America. We understand the murders of innocent black Americans.......................
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The Congressional Black Caucus just issued a Passionate Call for GUN CONTROL (Original Post)
riversedge
Jul 2016
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)1. Since the Republicans allowed the assault weapons ban to expire
There has been many mass shootings, these are weapons of war, designed to kill people. It a sad point in history when congressional members are deaf to the voice of Americans and yet devoted to continue to push for a non scandal hearings only for political reasons.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. K&R nt
oasis
(49,480 posts)3. K and R
Cha
(298,014 posts)4. Thank you for these eloquent pleas from John Lewis, Rivers~