This is going to sound very harsh. I think somebody should have required all those members of Congress to go in a room, in a locked room with no press and nobody else, and look at the autopsy photographs of those babies.
And then you vote your conscience. This has become a political issue.
No doubt looking at autopsy pictures of dead children would be a shock to the system. Few among us wouldn't be sickened by the spectacle.
But if Harris can recommend this course of action then what is to prevent President Trump from suggesting that Congress be locked in a room to look at autopsy photos of people killed by illegal immigrants?
Then there are also the facts of the case. The guns used to kill the children at Sandy Hook Elementary belonged to the killer's mother (who would end up being his first victim). There is no way she would have failed any kind of background check. Prior to his heinous act, the killer had no previous involvement with law enforcement. While Sandy Hook was heart wrenching, most gun fatalities in this country are as a result of suicides, not homicides. There can be no meaningful gun control in the United States without addressing gun suicides. Alas, Harris' suggestion is little more than a parlor trick and a search for easy answers where none are to be found.
With that said, I would still consider voting for Harris if she is the nominee. I realize that anyone running for President is going to make sensationalistic, unsubstantiated and outright false statements to mobilize their base. It comes with the territory. But when it comes to sensationalistic, unsubstantiated and outright false statements no one holds a candle to President Trump. Nevertheless, in the course of her pursuit of the White House, it would be easy for Harris to lower herself to Trump's standards. If Harris were to make a habit of making sensationalistic, unsubstantiated and outright false statements then I will look upon her unfavorably. Harris has two more strikes.
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