After the sick feeling had passed, after the tears had been shed, a sense of outrage and grim determination filled many Americans
Something must be done, they felt, to end the gun massacres in this country.
Surely, they hoped, our politicians must feel the same way. Even on Capitol Hill, where a great many people are skilled in the ways of doing very little, surely even they must feel the need for action.
But the gun lobby and its minions were ready. They, after all, have had a great deal of practice. And the social media quickly filled with the same message: too soon, too soon. Show respect for the dead. Do nothing now. Don’t “politicize” tragedy.
Four adults are killed in Benghazi and the right-wing politicizes it endlessly. But 20 small children are slaughtered in Connecticut, and the nation is told to do nothing.
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