{"id":90051,"date":"2021-03-23T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/?p=269749"},"modified":"2021-03-23T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:08:19","slug":"end-the-fcking-filibuster-and-pass-some-gun-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/end-the-fcking-filibuster-and-pass-some-gun-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEnd the f*cking filibuster and pass some gun reform\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This story originally appeared on Common Dreams<\/a> on Mar. 23, 2021, and is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a gunman armed with an\u00a0AR-15-style rifle<\/a>\u00a0killed 10 people in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado on Monday, progressives intensified pressure on Democrats to use their slim majority in Congress to finally eliminate the legislative filibuster and approve substantial gun safety laws over foreseeable GOP obstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re absolutely heartbroken for everyone who has been impacted,” progressive advocacy group Indivisible said<\/a> in the wake of the massacre, the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than a week. “You’re going to see another round of ‘we can’t do anything yet, there was a tragedy’ hand-wringing, but we must end gun violence now. Let’s eliminate the filibuster and pass real gun violence prevention legislation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the middle of Monday afternoon, a gunman entered a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder and opened fire<\/a> as horrified employees and customers attempted to hide and flee. The building was soon surrounded by law enforcement, and about an hour later\u2014after 10 people were killed, including a city police officer who responded to the scene\u2014a shirtless man with blood running down his right leg was escorted from the building in handcuffs. Authorities did not confirm<\/a> that the man was the shooter but said the suspect has been taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Washington Post<\/em> noted<\/a>, “There have been as many as nine school shootings in the area since the Columbine massacre in 1999, which left 12 students and a teacher dead. Four other major shootings have occurred within 20 miles of the suburban Columbine High School, including a 2012 shooting at a movie theater in Aurora that left 12 dead.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Enough is enough,” Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) said in a statement<\/a> late Monday. “Americans should feel safe in their grocery stores. They should feel safe in their schools, their movie theaters, and in their communities. While Congress dithers on enacting meaningful gun violence prevention measures, Americans\u2014and Coloradans\u2014are being murdered before our very eyes\u2014day after day, year after year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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