By Susan Page (click here)
A woman consoles a King Soopers pharmacy technician at the grocery store in Boulder, Colorado.
Two-thirds of Americans (click here) back tougher gun laws, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, but Republican support has fallen significantly as the issue takes on a stronger partisan cast than it did a few years ago.
In the poll, taken in the wake of two mass shootings in the span of a week, 65% overall say gun laws should be stricter – a sizable majority but one that has fallen by 7 percentage points from a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll taken in August 2019.
The 54% support among Republicans two years ago has plummeted to 35%. Democratic support has stayed about the same, now at 90%....
I hope to find a very good article about what happened to the people that day and how the entire day was turned upside down. A musician brought his cello I think to the place where the shooting took place in an impromptu memorial service. The people won't leave the scene for the trauma bond they all felt. That bond was felt by residents who could see the shopping mall from their homes. I believe Boulder was in a state of shock that day.
Susan Page is a highly regarded journalist. She would never lie about any statistics she found to be correct. She points out two-thirds of Americans want gun law reform.
The US Congress cannot ignore the response by the people. The reason the Republicans are running away from that statistic is because of the gun lobby and corporate money for elections. The Democrats in the US House and US Senate MUST pass legislation to secure this country. There is reasonable CONSTITUTIONAL ways to secure weapons of war in the USA. They need to get it done. President Biden and the US Senate Democrats knows what this means. Either the Republicans stop their retreat from doing the right thing or the Dems know what they must do. They will be heroes every place except FOX News.
DO NOT IGNORE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE.
The one picture in an enormous number of pictures taken that day in Boulder was a long view of the entire mall area. It was a sea of emergency vehicles and police vehicles and all the men and women that came to end the violence that day. A local citizen waited hours to remove their car from the parking lot, but, gave up and walked home for the intense scene and the law enforcement that responded.
The only law enforcement not deployed to the emergency was the National Guard, but, I am sure they were "on-call" if needed. Law enforcement was there to take on an insurrection attempt. It was amazing. They used an armored vehicle to crash through the front of the store to gain access to the shooter. The entire building was surrounded. He could not escape if he tried so he surrendered.
When he was taken into custody he was naked except for his underwear shorts to know for a fact he did not have a bomb under his clothing he would initiate should officers walked toward him.
The ten that were killed were slaughtered. They were approached once down by the gunman and he shot repeated rounds into them to be sure they were dead. What the heck was that?
