How insane is it that you could own a deadly machine like an AR-15 and not need to register it?

[BeckyDem]

119. That is not demonizing.

That is not a small percent of murders, either...they're dangerous weapons.

Obama was not able to get legislation passed after Sandy Hook due to our side. Do I really have to spell out why? I would rather lose an election than not pass that legislation..they were not so dedicated to the cause despite dead kindergartners.

Thu April 18, 2013
The votes were on a series of amendments to a broad package of gun laws pushed by President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in the aftermath of the Newtown school massacre in December.

However, fierce opposition by the powerful National Rifle Association led a backlash by conservative Republicans and a few Democrats from pro-gun states that doomed key proposals in the gun package, even after they had been watered down to try to satisfy opponents.

After the votes, Obama angrily criticized the NRA and senators who voted against the expanded background checks for rejecting a compromise he said was supported by a strong majority of Americans.“Instead of supporting this compromise, the gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill,” Obama told White House reporters.

https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/senate-guns-vote/index.html