The four mass killings in the major news media recently (California, Ohio, and two in Texas) have some people saying it is time to finally do something about the huge number of both mass killings (an average of more than one every day) and gun deaths (nearly 40,000 last year) in this country.
Will Congress finally act? Trump is still claiming that he's negotiating with legislators about appropriate action. But he has said that before and nothing happened. Is this time any different?
Probably not. That's what nearly 7 out of 10 people think. About 68% of Americans think Congress will NOT pass any significant gun control legislation -- not even a background checks law (supported by about 90% of the population. Only 23% think Congress will finally act.
The chart above is from the recent USA Today / Suffolk University Poll -- done between August 20th and 25th of a national sample of registered voters, with a 3 point margin of error.
We need to keep this issue alive for the next year, and vote every politician (mainly Republicans) out of office if they don't support reasonable and constitutional restrictions on guns -- especially closing the loopholes on background checks, banning large ammunition clips, and banning assault-style weapons.