vice president biden s term in office demonstrates they re not working responsibly with it and so i would not let it get in the way of doing the people s work. let s talk gun viechlts a teenage girl is dead, five more were wounded at an overnight shooting in a park in columbus, ohio. new data shows that gun violence is up. the frequency of shootings has been unusually high more than a year, despite the pandemic. again, the senate filibuster is also potentially blocking gun reform, blocking two different bills on universal background checks passed in the house. you were in government when sandy hook happened, when kids were massacred, and yet still no new laws were able to be passed at that time. given that, it s hard not to feel endlessly pessimistic for prospects for gun reform even as killings continue to escalate. i think what the american people have to do is call on their elected representatives to act.