OMG! Kill me now with this f***ing B.S. “It feels different” is the death knell for change. Newsweek reports, “Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Thursday suggested he could be easing up on his stance regarding gun laws following Tuesday’s mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Alayna Treene, a congressional reporter for Axios, wrote on Twitter that Manchin told reporters: ‘It feels different right now.’ Manchin is part of a bipartisan group of senators who met on Thursday to discuss gun reform. The talks occurred in the wake of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde [emphasis added].” Allow me to provide other examples of when it felt different, yet nothing happened. It always feels different until it doesn’t, which is every time.
2021: “In the wake of another mass shooting that took the lives of 10 people in a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, members of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee called for solutions to the persistent problem of gun violence in America. ‘This time feels different,’ Blumenthal said. ‘The dawn of a new era with a president completely committed to gun violence prevention. And I know from having heard him privately and publicly that he shares this passion; so do majorities, now, in the House and the Senate [emphasis added].’”
2018: “Since the fatal shooting of seventeen students and staff members last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, advocates of stricter gun laws have been asking that question, with the wary hopefulness of people who, time and again, have seen such turning points lead nowhere. This moment does feel different, though, largely because the teen-age survivors of the Parkland shooting have commanded the national stage with their raw and righteous indignation [emphasis added].”
2013: “That’s why we wanted to lend our voices in support of the Assault Weapons Ban of 201 (S. 150). This bill will prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of 157 of the most commonly-owned military-style assault weapons. It also bans large-capacity magazines and other ammunition feeding devices that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. These are important steps in the right direction. ‘With the deaths of the children and school staff, this time feels different to me. Homes with guns in them have three times more fatalities than those without. I feel that if my dad hadn’t had a shotgun, my brother would not have killed himself [emphasis added].’”