Silencing the Guns

This blog post by Westen, discusses the lack of progress on weapons legislation since the shooting of Gabby Giffords in Tucson. He points out that in times of tragedy, our Congress can come together in support of one of their own or of mourning families across the country. But when it comes to moving forward and doing something about it, their bipartisanship is nowhere to be found. Since the shooting in Tucson, there have been school shootings (such as Ohio), medical center shootings (U of Pitt), and more. All of these shootings were done with semi-automatic weapons or extended magazines. The big question Westen is posing, should the N.R.A. really have this much power? And how can something be done to stop the onslaught of shootings due to relaxed gun laws?