"Nearly ten years after Sandy Hook — and ten days after Buffalo — our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies. It's long past time for action, any kind of action. And it's another tragedy — a quieter but no less tragic one — for families to wait another day." -- former President Obama's reaction to last week's gun massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, TX. The hold that the gun manufacturers lobby has on the Republican / Shooters / Great Replacement Party, and the hold that party has on the political system, hasn't been substantially weakened since the 1999 massacre at Columbine, CO. Perhaps it will now, slightly, but we're not optimistic. Each day, each week that goes by the general public -- the voters -- become numb and turn their attention elsewhere, and that's what the shooters and their party are counting on.
