More thoughts on our shameful Senate.

I'm still dumbfounded by that Senate action last week (see previous post) where it failed to get the 60 votes necessary to get the full Senate to vote on something sensible, yet watered down, like expanded background checks.  This is an idea supported by 90 percent of the general population, yet it can't even get a vote?
We need to be asking some serious questions of our representatives, such as, "who do you think you are working for?"
An expanded background check wouldn't have caused any conflict with the second amendment, but the NRA has gone rabid in its protection of gun manufacturers, and there simply isn't any rational argument that can be made for the NRA's position.  None. 
One argument which is always suggested is something like, "Universal background checks won't stop all of the mass shootings," which is tantamount to saying, "We oppose anything unless its cures everything." 
Also troubling are the lies and shifting positions of the anti-gun controllers.  First is the argument that we should never take an action while some mass shooting is still fresh in the collective mind, because that's using a tragedy for a political gain.  Really?  Was that argument made after the Hindenburg fiasco and the decision that hydrogen was too risky for dirigible use?  Or after the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire where the use of aluminum wires was questioned?  No, somehow we must wait for some unknowable amount of time after a mass shooting to be able to discuss ways to address the problem.  The problem is that that moment never arrives, there's always another shooting which interrupts the cool-down period.
Also, any time "gun control" is mentioned, the NRA answers that it is "gun elimination" that is really being suggested and the second amendment has already decided that question.  I notice that our esteemed Mitt McConnell and Rand Paul are already posting that lie on internet ads.
In short, it is still impossible to rationally discuss anything that hints of gun control in our society.  Too much reactionary BS to even get the issue on the table.