But after repeatedly claiming the shootings were a mental health issue, Trump made it EASIER for the mentally ill to get guns...

We couldn't even get republicans to support barring those on the no-fly list from buying guns

Background checks would help, but McConnell will not even allow a vote on the topic.

We could institute meaningful restrictions on the TYPE of guns that it is legal to own. Guns are being manufactured and advertised as efficient machines for killing large numbers of people quickly...

But instead, any 'lefty' proposing ANY common-sense measures is literally targeted by the republicans- with some making statements about 'second amendment remedies' to remove the troublesome lefty.

There is one party standing in the way of doing ANYTHING to address the problem... hell, the CDC was FORBIDDEN from even studying the issue of gun violence thanks to Republican Jay Dickey...

One thing that will help is the destruction of the NRA- Thankfully the NRA seems well on the way to dismantling itself.

I won't deny that the democrats in congress have lacked the backbone on this issue- they should have fought harder even if there was no hope of getting it passed. Sometimes you must take up a lost cause, if only to make it clear to history which side you stood on...