Editor,
It’s another day in America and yet again we are receiving the tragic news of yet another school shooting.
God willing, the students who were shot will pull through their injuries, and everyone should be giving credit to the officer who stopped the shooter before he could do more damage. Whether we like it or not, guns are a political issue, because at the end of the day we are supposedly living in a democracy where the people can vote to change laws as they see fit through their elected representatives. In general, Democrats and Republicans are very similar on many issues, but when it comes to the issue of guns, it is no secret that most Republicans are in the pocket of the National Rifle Association.
If the American people have truly reached their breaking point when it comes to the gun lobby in America getting its way at the expense of dead children, then the upcoming congressional election should be a litmus test.
This November, the American people have the chance to reduce the influence of the NRA on Congress by voting Republicans out of their majorities in the House and the Senate. If I recall correctly, didn’t President Trump tell a Republican lawmaker not too long ago that the reason there was not more gun control legislation was, “Because you’re afraid of the NRA”?
The President himself has explained the issue very clearly: the Republican lawmakers in Washington are afraid of upsetting their NRA paymasters, and because of that they drag their feet on passing reasonable gun control legislation. Let’s forget for the moment that President Trump himself has backpedaled on trying to pass reasonable gun control legislation — the first action the voters in this country can take to push back against the corrupting influence of NRA money is to vote Democrat in November.
Yes, Republican lawmakers might be a bunch of NRA bootlickers, but I think that the American people have finally had enough, and I hope they will prove that by handing the Republicans a major defeat in November.
Muhajir Romero
