Last week when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would bring background checks to a vote only if President Trump promised to sign it, some commenters and Senate leaders who support background checks were criticizing McConnell's position:
however, it seemed to me like maybe the majority leader was holding the president's feet to the fire to make sure if the Senate Republicans pass the bill, the president follows through and signs it. (This would add extra incentive for Senate Republicans to vote for it.)
You could look at it as McConnell pushing Trump for support of background checks.
So I was kind of unsure of why that criticism was coming around. Maybe I don't understand....
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Two other thoughts on gun violence:
1. Years ago I wrote on this blog that if our U.S. congressmen and senators don't get their act together to take action on a variety of issues, business could lead the way. (Business, and -- the State of California, lol...)
And then Walmart said the other day they were going to do something -- headlines up today:
"Walmart will stop selling some guns and ammo in wake of shootings"
"Nation's largest retailers wade into gun politics"
2. I heard (probably on "Hardball With Chris Matthews") that there was some Mom organization taking stands on gun violence
issues -- and I remembered in the 1980s, the Mothers Against Driving Drunk..."MADD." That was huge.
And I thought, Instead of "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," it'll be -- "The Moms Are Coming, The Moms Are Coming."
Today, this headline:
"Moms Demand Action pushes stores to ban open carry"
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