Stalled gun safety bills haunt Georgia lawmakers after shooting at Apalachee High School

[Dulcinea]

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) “What could have been.” Your Insiders heard a variation of that phrase from a half-dozen bipartisan lawmakers who spoke privately in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County that left four dead and at least nine others injured.

Some specifically lamented stalled consensus-driven firearms laws after the FBI revealed the 14-year-old suspect was previously investigated for making violent threats. His parents had assured authorities he did not have unsupervised access to their hunting guns.

As we noted on Wednesday, state Republicans are increasingly torn over the party’s approach to gun violence and some are open to new ways to keep weapons out of the hands of children and the mentally ill without running afoul of the gun lobby.

And Georgia Democrats, while still pressing for more sweeping firearms control measures, have shifted their strategy to also focus on more achievable goals in the GOP-led Statehouse.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/politically-georgia/politically-georgia-stalled-gun-safety-bills-haunt-georgia-lawmakers-after-school-shooting/PPKY4ZFRPVD2TK6SBZLMPU2LTQ/

[Irish_Dem]

1. They are lying. It doesn't haunt them at all.

They will not change one thing.

[Skittles]

6. agreed

the "pro-life" party does not give a DAMN about gun carnage

[Irish_Dem]

7. In fact, they appear to like it.

I think the GOP is a sadistic group of people.

They like the pain, chaos, division, hardship they cause.

[orthoclad]

9. Yes.

Tools of power.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Ruthless power.

Death and destruction are just collateral damage.

[orthoclad]

11. the death and destruction are a feature, not a bug

fuel for emotional hot buttons that Fox and MAGA can push.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes it is on purpose.

Keep people off kilter, afraid and anxious.
Or full of hate and anger.

Works perfectly for the GOP.

[Skittles]

13. well they DO have their limits

if the shooter is an illegal immigrant or, hell, let's just say it - a POC, they will use that proof THOSE people are VIOLENT!

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes then they pretend to act interested.

[rzemanfl]

2. What "hunting gun" did the shooter use?

I just got up after a long sleep and am not up to speed.

On edit-it was an "AR platform' weapon. not surprised.

[Lovie777]

3. To hunt nowadays, machine guns are required.......................

[rzemanfl]

4. Decades ago, I used to hunt ruffed grouse.

Continuous shotgun fire might have helped on those, but back then no one thought of such a thing.

[orthoclad]

8. People I know who hunt

for the pot use bolt-action. If you need rapid fire, you ain't no hunter.
Plus, the tumbling high-velocity rounds ruin the meat.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Only one remedy: Vote for Democrats.