'After 19 innocent children lost their lives, we cannot and must not settle for crumbs.' TheFilibusterIsKillingUs
educators, parents, and local civil rights organizations in Arizona rebuked their senators for standing in the way of farther-reaching reforms.to take up the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act hours after the group of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans released the 80-page bill, with senators hoping to pass the legislation by this weekend.
"We believe that while these incremental changes could help, as a response to the carnage of our gun violence epidemic they are only crumbs meant to appease the growing rage from people across the country demanding action." In Arizona, organizers directed some of their ire at Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, who represent the state and who have stood in the way of ending the legislative filibuster—a step they say would allow the Senate to pass bolder gun control measures.groups, including Arizona Educators United and the Arizona Justice Alliance as well as teachers and parents from across the state."A handful of Democratic senators, including Sen.
"By prioritizing bipartisanship over the lives of people," they added,"these Democrats are allowing the most radical minority of Republicans to rip our democracy to shreds and stopping game-changing progress on common-sense gun reform." The bill is being taken up by the Senate a month after a gunman armed with an AR-15 massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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