Even the deadliest mass shooting in US history is not likely to convince Congress to change the nation’s gun laws, says a peace activist and humanitarian aid worker in Cleveland, Ohio.
“I would love to see this give us more gun control, however, the Congress has to vote on it and the Congress we have now votes down everything,” said Alice Bach, who is also a biblical scholar and professor of religious studies at Case Western Reserve University.
She noted that if lawmakers weren’t motivated to tighten gun laws after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, they certainly won’t change their minds now.
The Sandy Hook shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot dead 20 students aged between 6 and 7 years old, as well as six adult staff members.
The US Constitution’s Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms. Gun-rights groups, including the NRA, argue that restrictions on gun…