Sen. Chris Murphy on Texas School Shooting: 'What are we doing? What are we doing?

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[samuelhany]

The level of corruption that has to exist in a government for something like this to be so frequent is disgusting and heartbreaking

[Bke]

No seriously, what the fuck are we doing .

[Foundhimnow]

Chris Murphy speech will go viral... he did not blame the right or left, he is asking congress, WHAT ARE WE DOING??!!!

[Yami__]

Schools are not the same. As a teacher this hits hard. Every month we do a lock down drill, every month we have students go to a hard corner, every month we sit in the dark and listen while the security guards jiggle our doors to see if we locked them and wait for the drill to be over just in case. After Parkland, I was traumatized as a teacher to go through these drills. After Parkland something needed to happen. Heck after Columbine!!!! But nothing is ever done!! Represent your people. Do something!

[mariarubino]

"And it is a choice" struck me hard. Truth.

[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

[saturdaynightjordan]

This is not about political beliefs.
This is about doing whats right and protecting people.

[TheAmazingDolph]

Imagine being a 2nd Grader, and then a random insane person massacres 3/4th of your class. Imagine being the last group of parents at the reunion center. Jesus Christ.

[TheIanErc]

When the UK had a school shooting 20 odd years ago we banned handguns outright.
At the time I was a member of a gun club in London, which almost immediately folded after this. I liked target shooting. I liked guns, having been taught to shoot at an early age.
I knew the emergency legislation that followed was more about the government being seen to take action that actual considered improvements.
I also did not quibble ONE IOTA about the new ultra restrictive laws, even though we already had the most restrictive laws in the world.
Why? Because no one's pleasure in making a stick go 'boom' and hitting a target is worth the life of a single child.
It's not a difficult equation to solve.

[relagro]

I didn’t think I had any tears left after so many of these shootings, I’d become kind of numb, but then he mentioned the children needing a safe word in the classroom. Damnit.

[Fuzzyfezz]

They'll never do anything but I appreciate this speech and the empathy behind it

[chriscupp]

Thank you for stating what so many of us are thinking right now. We have to find common ground and do something! Heartbroken and frustrated in Texas.

[tallguypictures]

As someone not from the US, but who is familiar with all the issues facing your country this is the one that is most mind boggling. It genuinely seems that there is no amount of dead school children that will lead to change. And that is absolutely heart breaking. My thoughts are with the friends and families of this preventable crime.

[salina]

This wasn’t a talk to the left or right or democratic or republic or whatever else- this was a speech to the people. To us. To everybody. That we can’t just say “agree to disagree” anymore. When this many children and young adults are dying, I don’t understand why we haven’t found a solution. I don’t understand.

[breatheinbreatheout]

As a parent, I'm absolutely heartbroken for those parents. As a parent, I'm scared for my kids future's. Absolutely tragic... prayers to everyone involved. Change needs to happen and needs to happen NOW.

God bless everyone and stay safe!

[bammmyouuu]

I can see why Murphy took that personally.

This is not meant to be taken as mockery; It’s clear that the Sandy Hook shooting definitely hit him harder since he’s representing Connecticut, and that’s completely understandable

[saintroyal]

Everything he says is falling on deaf ears.

[melodic_iam]

Exactly why fight for a job if you lose the passion to work once acquired?

[lisanorris]

This is so powerful. But he's speaking to an empty chamber. THAT is a huge problem in our gov't. Contrast UK's House of Commons, for example, with actual exchanges between members. We have to do better.

[lauradent]

As a teacher in Australia, I’m heartbroken for every teacher and student in America that has to endure this fear… I cannot fathom how US lawmakers can have such a focus and push to walk backwards in womens rights to healthcare but cannot reflect that gun reform needs to happen… Thank you for your words Chris. Honestly if there were more people like you, there’d be less events like this.