‘Hunting Human Beings’: Outrage At GOP For Blocking Gun Control After Texas School Massacre

Amidst renewed calls for action against gun violence, top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer is slamming his Republican colleagues for blocking gun safety legislation. MSNBC’s Ari Melber explains how this pattern is not new and interviews former DNC chair and Vermont governor Howard Dean and former Sandy Hook library clerk Mary Ann Jacob about what needs to get done to protect Americans from gun violence. Dean asserts, “This is hunting human beings. And these weapons are completely unnecessary.” 

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#MSNBC #GunViolence #GOP

[codeidentifier]

We need better background checks for politicians too.

[carlosspeicywiener]

The villains attack the weak and unarmed while the politicians ignore the weak and unarmed.
Did I miss anything?

[thegoastofmccain]

Congress sure passed laws protecting Supreme Court justices from protests real fast though…

[athenak]

EXACTLY! This should not be a partisan matter; it's about OUR own survival! Vote out these corrupt greedy hypocrites!😤

[nicholasdonaldson]

Just imagine as a parent you drop your kids off, kiss them, tell them to have a good day, tell them you love them and you drive off not knowing that was the last you'll share a moment with them. That's a pain no parent should go through.😢

[carstennielsen]

It is NOT about mental health.
In Europe they have mental health issues but almost no mass shootings.
So if it is about mental health, it MUST be about the mental health of the lawmakers.

[kattiedeanthomas]

The problem is it doesn’t affect them.

[summerrain]

Ari, I love that you were showing McConnell when you said "stopped or blocked". Let's call him out every day until he's forced to stop obstructing. Everyone, please vote for the candidates who support gun safety!

[elizabethmartin]

PS why are the pro-life, the never abortionists, so strong on laws that allow those children’s’ death.

[clyderembert]

I'd bet that if any one of those political campaign fundraisers got hit, those background check bills would have been passed unanimously.

[SSJvegito]

They are right. Politicians aren't the problem. The people who keep voting for these lunatics are the problem.

[markhepworth]

Just when you think watching America can’t get much worse...America proves us wrong again. 😳

[kenblack]

That why I love Ari he calls it as he sees it

[MsFarrob]

'We are not holding them accountable.' Absolutely.

[mxgr]

In the USA, the priorities seem to be: 1. Money, 2. Guns, 3. Power. Human life is way down the list somewhere (if it's on there at all). Very sad.

[barbaragdisis]

A United States senator who has taken more than $1m in donations from the National Rifle Association ran into a locked door as he tried to dodge gun control questions.Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has received $1, 269, 486 from the gun rights group, according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

[philippvoid]

the country playing world police cant protect their own citizens. what a shame

[christopherr]

How can anyone call themselves human and still say" I do not defend the children I forced to be born from women who were assaulted." like WTF.

[jessejamez]

If they refuse to represent the people, they need to be removed. Accountability

[AskMississippiAskMississippi]

“The world is in more peril from those who tolerate evil or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” -Dr. Albert Einstein, 3.30.1953