Meanwhile, in the land of responsible governance:
The U.S. House Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill requiring background checks on all firearm sales, whether at gun dealers, at gun shows or online. This is a measure that 90 percent of Americans, including similar percentages of gun owners, support, and marks the first time Congress has taken action on gun safety in _ wait for it, and wait some more _ 25 years.
(It'll almost certainly get riddled full of holes in the Senate, despite President Trump last year feigning his support.)
This came a day after Gov. Cuomo signed into law legislation enabling New Yorkers to go to court to stop people from owning or buying guns if they're deemed a threat to others or themselves.
Republicans in Congress keep whistling past the growing graveyards, despite the fact that for 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available, a 20-year-high of 40,000 people were killed by firearms.
Pray they begin to feel a little heat, or at the very least a tinge of shame.
