The Grim Reality: Guns Continue to Take Lives as Calls for Action Go Unanswered.

The recent mass shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville has prompted a shrug from both President Biden and Republicans in Congress, who seem to agree that there is nothing left for them to do to counter the continuing toll of gun violence across the country. While Biden has repeatedly championed a ban on assault weapons, Republicans have expressed their unwillingness to act, stating that they have already done all they were willing to do. The intransigence of Republicans on the issue of guns was deeply frustrating, if not surprising, to Democrats, who pointed out that polls show that a vast majority of voters support some toughening of the nation’s laws, such as adding universal background checks.