This past Tuesday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was addressing a group of community leaders in Danville, Kentucky. When the subject of school shootings came up McConnell said there was nothing the Federal Government could do to prevent future ones from happening.
“I don’t think at the federal level there’s much that we can do other than appropriate funds,” McConnell told a group of community leaders in Danville Tuesday.
“You would think, given how much it takes to get on an American plane or given how much it takes to get into courthouses, that this might be something that we could achieve, but I don’t think we could do that from Washington, I think it’s basically a local decision,” he said.
If that isn’t passing the buck I don’t know what is. President Truman is probably turning in his grave.
I don’t know if Senator McConnell is aware of this, but he’s a member of the legislative branch of the Federal Government. It’s kind of their job, as the name implies, to pass federal legislation. So, what kind of federal legislation could Congress pass to try to prevent future school shootings? How about offering federal assistance to people in need of mental healthcare? Or they could pass legislation regulating, or outlawing, the private sale of guns where background checks aren’t required. They could enact laws requiring the prosecution of ‘responsible’ gun-owning parents who allow their unsecured guns to be used in a school shooting. They could also raise the federal age limit of gun ownership to at least 21, although personally, I think 25 would be more apropos. The possibilities are endless.
What Senator McConnell obviously means is that the party he leads refuses to do anything about preventing school shootings because not only would it mean compromising with the opposing party, but it would also risk jeopardizing that sweet sweet gun lobby money.
Sometimes the measure of a man’s worth is standing up for what’s right rather than supporting what keeps you employed.
(Sources)
USA Today
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Real Crime with Trench Reynolds 
Hey Trench, long time…good to be back, and nice verbal smackdown of Turtlehead McConnell on his inability to address a serious problem at its core.
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Glad to have you back Chuck. Now maybe I’ll start posting again as there are more assclowns to be featured.
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Sounds like a plan!
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I’m 100% pro gun and I even agree there are some steps you can take to even atleast lower the rates of the shootings. It’s gotten out of control
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Mitch McConnell is a traitor to our country. I think he should be hung for treason. McConnell is helping cover up Russia’s attack on our country for his own benefit. He has connections to Russia that are helping him fulfill his lust for more money & power. He couldn’t care less about his own poverty stricken state of Kentucky, much less the rest of our country. Mitch is in it strictly for himself. Mitch looks like a turtle but Mitch is a pig.
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