Gun violence, it’s what’s dominating the news topic ever since the Florida shooting. There have been spotlights put on President Trump, Senator Marco Rubio, Republicans who support the NRA, and of course the NRA itself. However, the NRA has come out hard, showing no signs of backing down. Just a few days ago the head of the NRA gave a speech at the National Conservative Conference saying that the fault of the law enforcement is not the fault of the NRA. “It’s the FBI’s fault,” she said. “They failed to follow up on conspicuous reports of this man consecutive five times. It is the job of the law enforcement to do full background checks on gun owners, not the NRA.”
Yet you can see the president and Republican senators stumbling in their response. Marco Rubio has been trying to hide from the spotlight and trying to point out that harsher gun laws wouldn’t prevent tragedies like this to happen (which I call bullshit). Even president Trump has tried to act like he actually cares, by sitting down with the survivors and the families. He stated that school safety would be the priority of his administration (notice how it’s school safety but not gun reform), and proposed that teachers in classrooms should carry guns (what a joke).
What’s ironic, however, is how companies around the country are breaking ties with the organization. These are companies like United or Delta (which is kind of weird to start with if you think about it. I mean why would they have any relation to the NRA. Apparently, they offer discounts to members of the NRA because the organization pays the airline money?)
The survivors are organizing a protest in DC. Just yesterday I was notified of one that’s going to happen in NYC as well. Either way, the debate on gun reform isn’t going anywhere soon.
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