A Scathing rebuke of the Senate's lack of action on Gun Control

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate was unable to pass any parts of its Gun Control legislation.  All of the portions of it, though they had majority support, failed to reach the 60 vote threshold to avoid a filibuster from Republican Senators and a few Red-State Democrats.  Gun Control advocates were particularly upset.  This has lead to a swath of angry and biting commentary directed at Gun Rights advocates.
  
Joe Conason writes for Real Clear Politics and Creators.com. He wrote a scathing op-ed about the failure of the legislation, calling the GOP "soft on crime" and a host of other things.  I, personally, am inclined to agree with him.  I am sharing this here because the piece is particularly critical - even moreso than the New York Times op-ed written by former Congresswoman and gun violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, which I've also posted the link to.

Both pieces are quite critical of the Gun Lobby, and the GOP. I understand it's quite partisan, but on the issue of Guns, we should be doing more than we are, and it's always the GOP that stops anything from getting done.

To read the piece by Mr. Conason, click here.

To read the piece by Rep. Giffords, click here.