Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

...#Enough is far from happening. Here we are on the anniversary of Sandy Hook, and nothing has changed. Read the whole thing to find out why. I've been operating under the notion that if we elect the right legislators, specifically Democrats, we can do something about these...

...horrific massacres. I'm sure many of you thought the same thing. I found out this past week that that is not necessarily the case....

...At a forum for Democratic Congressional candidates in my district earlier this week, we were asked to answer a simple yes/no question: If we were presented w/ legislation that would ban assault weapons with magazine capacities over 30 rounds, would we sign that legislation?...

...Of the 6 Democratic candidates for my district, I was one of ONLY two, who, answered with an unequivocal YES. I listened in disbelief as my fellow Democratic candidates either answered no or equivocated their responses. 2 even suggested these weapons are safe on the streets...

...as long as the owners were properly trained and registered. In an online discussion that followed, some suggested that the other candidates were simply gauging the will of the voters in the district. After all, they argued, we are in a relatively conservative area...

..I have 2 responses: 1. Assault weapons bans are popular, even in TX. We don’t have to win *every* Republican vote to win this district, just a slice; & 24% of TX Republicans favor an assault weapons ban, along w/ a majority of Dems & Independents. That’s a winning coalition...