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Mass shootings have left 18 people dead in Atlanta and Boulder; across the country, others have been injured and killed in smaller-scale attacks. We’ve been through this cycle before: a gunman takes lives, new regulations are considered, NRA-backed Republicans say no, and nothing happens.
But there is reason to keep pushing. Washington Post reporter Sean Sullivan observes that even though the majority of Americans favor implementing common-sense gun safety laws, “people who oppose these new restrictions are very, very passionate... in many cases, they tend to be more passionate than the people who favor the new restrictions.” The filibuster may stand in the way of Congressional legislation, but showing our passion in saying “enough is enough!” can motivate the White House and state legislatures to act.