Why We Won't See Any Action On Guns

The tragic events yesterday in Aurora have become familiar in American life, so much so that the so-called National Rifle Association (the "Gun Manufacturers Association" would be an accurate title) will bide its time, counting on a national numbness to prevail. They are confident that after years of massacres nothing will be done, since they have the Rethuglicans in their pockets and the Dems afraid of taking action after decades of setbacks on gun control. The first thing the NRA says after a tragedy like Aurora is "don't use this tragedy as a political tool to force gun control," and no one pushes back anymore.

Even the Onion has a piece of black humor to illustrate what we've come to expect from the most powerful interest group (hat tip to the Silver Spring Bureau Chief).