When -- not if, when -- there is another mass shooting that kills adults dedicated to improving other people's lives, that rips apart young couples, that leaves parents breathless with the shock of realizing they've had pairs of shoes that lasted longer than the brief window when their child was alive ...
The next time the death toll can't be counted on one hand, I hope someone rounds up every one of these senators and buses them to the awful, echoing hall where the next of kin wait for news. And I hope every one of these senators has to personally face every one who lost someone and say, "The rights of the gun lobby to continue business as usual will always outweigh the rights of Americans to move about the public without fear of being gunned down."
Here are those people who voted down today's gun-control amendment. Let's make them own their words the next time Sandy Hook happens:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Mark Begich (D-AK)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Daniel Coats (R-IN)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Dean Heller (R-NV)
John Hoeven (R-ND)
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Ron Johnson (R-WI)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
James Risch (R-ID)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Tim Scott (R-SC)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Johon Thune (R-SD)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
