This Bitch: James Comer

As mass shootings continue to plague the nation—more than one shooting every single day—Kentucky GQP Congressman James Comer went on CNN and tried, he actually tried, arguing for weaker gun laws:

“[I]f you look at the states that ban guns, and the cities that have banned guns—Chicago, Washington, DC—they have some of the highest rates of gun violence, so, just passing laws banning guns doesn’t solve the problem.”

CNN anchor Pamela Brown pointed out that most guns recovered by law enforcement in states with strong gun laws were bought in states with weak gun laws. For instance, Chicago has very strong gun laws, but people simply cross the state line into Indiana, where the gun laws are weaker,  to buy guns and bring them back:

“So if gun laws don’t matter, why are criminals going to states with weaker gun laws, bringing that gun back to a state with stronger gun laws and committing crimes.”

James Comer was stumped:

“Well, I can’t answer that.”

And therein lies the problem. The GQP cannot answer that question. And it’s so simple. People take advantage of weak gun laws in certain states and are murdering Americans because of it. But if this country had universally strong gun laws we could prevent guns from ending up in the wrong hands.

Other countries do it, why can’t we? GQPers in the pockets of the NRA. Other than that, there is no reason why we shouldn’t require stronger background checks with every gun purchase. There’s no reason why we can’t require mental health exams. There’s no reason why we can’t ban assault weapons.

But mass shootings will never end as long as red states refuse to get on board.

And if that isn’t reason enough to vote Blue, then I don’t know one.