mining disaster. joe manchin is an american hero and a west virginiian hero. good luck telling they that joe is not tough on crime or wants to compromise your second amendment rights. good luck. not going to happen. uh-huh. go ahead, ratner. what makes this different and the more effective is there are other joe manchins and rockefeller and joe scarborough who are not left wing liberals and have credibility on this issue, and that may make it different this time. timing is the essence. we have to move quickly. i m still waiting to hear a republican that s elected step out and say something like joe manchin said. i haven t heard it yet. i haven t heard anything from the republican party, and you just wonder this long after a mass killing like that, little 6 and 7-year-olds, that there s