Senate Votes Down All Four Gun Control Measures

Another shameful day in the United States Senate as all four measures regarding gun control could not get the required 60 votes to gain cloture and, therefore, were defeated. Although this was expected, it is hard to believe that some compromise could not have been crafted on this issue. But that just shows the power of the NRA.  I expect that we will see this issue come up again, perhaps even more than once, before the election in November.

Until Democrats get a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, it is going to be up to the individual states to deal with gun control on their own. And some states are doing just that – New York and Connecticut have passed assault weapons bans and California is doing research on gun violence as a public health issue. With the Supreme Court moving to the left and allowing these state restrictions to stand, the Senate is the last stronghold for the NRA and the gun lobby. If and when the Senate falls, the power of the NRA will be well and truly broken.