House Democrat Jim Himes (D-CT) is familiar with the all-too-frequent ritual: a moment of silence on the floor of the House of Representatives following a massacre with an automatic weapon. He's had enough of the hypocrisy:
I will not attend one more"Moment of Silence" on the Floor. Our silence does not honor the victims, it mocks them. pic.twitter.com/VWWdOkliWN— Jim Himes (@jahimes) June 13, 2016
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) has introduced a bill to ban military-style assault rifles, large capacity magazines for those rifles, and banning people convicted of hate crimes and those on the terrorist watch list from acquiring firearms, all of which are proposals opposed by the
BONUS: The Onion has a grim faux letter from Republican Majority Leader Sen. Mitch "Missy" McConnell.
