▲ 440 ▼ US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] quo@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 2 years ago While I agree with all of those things, let's remember that the same party that wants to do nothing about gun control will also not provide universal healthcare, a living wage, will provide no regulation of the labor market that could provide improved work-life balance, no family leave, no funding for universal college-level education. All things that make it possible to live rather than just survive. And maybe people would be less desperate. Republicans say no. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee [S] 0 points 2 years ago While I agree with all of those things, let's remember that the same party that wants to do nothing about gun control will also not provide universal healthcare, a living wage, will provide no regulation of the labor market that could provide improved work-life balance, no family leave, no funding for universal college-level education. All things that make it possible to live rather than just survive. And maybe people would be less desperate. Republicans say no. permalink fedilink source parent