File it under depressingly predictable: Wednesday and Thursday, Senate Republicans and Democrats were running into political friction as they tried to turn the modest set of "breakthrough" gun safety proposals into actual legislation. Though we are decidedly underwhelmed by the ideas including incentives to states to enact "red flag" laws; extra scrutiny of young gun buyers; and more spending on mental health care and school safety it would be an epic failure if, in the wake of two galvanizing mass shootings by 18-year-old's and amid record gun violence, nothing gets done, again.
File it under depressingly predictable: Wednesday and Thursday, Senate Republicans and Democrats were running into political friction as they tried to turn the modest set of “breakthrough” gun-safety proposals into actual legislation.
(RNS) Thousands, if not millions, of American Jews can trace their ancestors back to Ukraine and feel a special connection to the place, even if it brings up a complicated past.