It’s the guns. Another day has passed and another deadly school shooting in America has destroyed families and communities – this time in Nashville, Tennessee. The NRA and GOP have violated the spirit of the law via revisionist history of the second amendment (2A). Instead of engaging in meaningful debate to address gun violence, Republicans have failed to acknowledge the need for common sense gun control. They have opted to enable school shooting after school shooting and mass shooting after mass shooting that is compounding on top of gun violence across the country by pumping up gun sales. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights were meant to be living documents. This intellectual process requires genuine debate and rigorous research, but instead we get thoughts and prayers from leadership and “shall not be infringed” from rank and file. The NRA’s reinterpretation of 2A and the GOP’s adoption of it will continue leaving this country vulnerable to mass shootings until we break from the NRA’s indoctrination and the GOP finds another mechanism to garner votes. The NRA sponsored GOP would rather children open carry guns than read books.

Common Sense Gun Control (03:02),

The Second Amendment (05:26),

Revisionist History (08:18),

Guns & Domestic Violence (12:32),

Spirit of the Law (16:14),

Gun Violence (23:12),

The Dickey Amendment (33:42)