Steve Scalise chimes in with a terrible opinion on gun control:
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/steve-scalise-says-las-vegas-shooting-hasnt-changed-stance-gun-control/
Unbelievable. People who advocate prayer as a substitute for assistance or policy action of any kind are despicable. I can accept that argument that people benefit from prayer because it allows them to contemplate and reach spiritual clarity. But saying that somehow prayer benefits victims of actual violence, and is somehow more important than having a substantial debate about how to solve these issues, is horrendous beyond words. People who believe in prayer over legislating in this country shouldn't be allowed to write or vote on laws.
Also the mention to law enforcement and not to medical professionals and first responders who saved his life is also pretty gross. Those doctors must have prayed pretty damn hard when he entered the ER this summer.
It's terrible because you don't agree with it.. I believe that's a perfectly good response.
This "rise above politics in times of national tragedy" bit would be more compelling if the White House (and I GUARANTEE you the NRA and RNC as well) distributed talking points lists to political allies within hours of the shooting. In fact, the whole "lets unite in this time of tragedy, not make political points" was top on the list of political points to make.
You might have a point there if your argument was rooted in the reality that both sides clearly say "now isn't the time for politics" and then clearly proceed to use talking points. But that isn't the reality: the reality is that one side openly says that "now
is the time to talk about it" and the other side side says "now isn't the time for politics" but proceeds to be political anyway. That makes one side morally consistent and the other side a bunch of fycking hypocrites.
