Jonathan Capehart:
I think we saw that because that congressman now has a situation in his hometown, in his backyard, that communities around the country have been dealing with for years now.
I don't know if his one lone voice is going to be that part of the wave and the momentum that is needed to turn into law what he called for, and that is an assault weapons ban.
And, listen, he is there in Maine, which has very loose gun laws. Lots of people have guns. It's a rural state. I understand the traditions there in Maine. And yet I still — unfortunately the people of Lewiston are now grappling with the fact that a weapon of war, not a weapon of animal hunting, that, at this point, these weapons have been used to hunt people, and they are lethal.
And there is nothing that is being done at the federal level to ensure that anyone — or to ensure that no one gets their hands on a weapon of war, let alone someone as — someone like the alleged shooter, who apparently and allegedly had mental health issues.
This is something — look, I — Amna, when those children, those babies were sLaughtered in Newtown and nothing happened after that, that's all I needed to know about the will of American legislators, federal legislators, Congress, to do anything to stem gun violence in this country.
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