Congress is complicit in every mass killing for letting the Assault Weapons Ban expire

There have always been people who suffer from mental illness. There have always been domestic disputes, neighborhood feuds, road rage and countless other incidents that result in angry confrontations. There is no way to predict when violence will occur or who will suddenly become violent. What is different now is our government has made military style weaponry readily available to almost every American. Now if a person resorts to violence, whatever the reason, the result can be catastrophic, When Congress allowed the Brady bill to expire, they set this country on a course that was predictable. Sadly, it was never really about the Second Amendment.  It was about the money that the gun manufactures channeled to political campaigns through the NRA. Every politician who failed to support extending the Assault Weapons Ban is complicit in every death resulting from use these types of weapons.

History has shown that when the GOP takes control bad things happen.

History has shown that when the GOP takes control of the government, bad things happen. Donald Trump has repeatedly insulted our allies and threatened war with North Korea, a nation with nuclear capabilities.  The mass shooting in Las Vegas is a direct result of the GOP's insistence that every citizen, sane or insane, has a right to own military style weapons.

While most nations ensure their citizens have access to healthcare, the GOP is willing to place the lives and financial security of millions of Americas in jeopardy because it does not believe healthcare is an extension of the inalienable right to life. 

Climate change is viewed by the global community as the greatest threat to humankind. The GOP refuses to either accept the scientific evidence supporting it or join with other nations to minimize the impact of human activities on the weather. As other nations commit to reducing their dependence of fossil fuels, the GOP seeks to increase oil exploration and continue the subsidies paid to the oil industry.

In spite of growing income inequality, the GOP has proposed massive tax cuts favoring the wealthy including eliminating the alternative minimum tax and estate taxes. Cuts that will raise the deficit and result in elimination of critically needed social programs. 

Donald Trump's divisive and dangerous rhetoric seems to add legitimacy to the ideology of white supremacist groups and those intolerant of others due to differences in their religious beliefs or sexual orientation. The GOP's war on women is a direct attack on the right of women to earn equal pay and exercise control over their bodies. 

The GOP's top priorities, other than keeping their own jobs, remain freeing business from government regulations, protecting the assets of the wealthy, and eliminating funding for all social programs designed to improve the lives of the overwhelming majority of Americans and their families. Unless you are in the top one percent, a racist or totally ignorant of the damage the GOP has done to this nation every time they have taken control of the government, continuing to vote Republican is nothing short of insanity.