I think Texas leads the world in stupid Republican politicians. Mainly because they know they can say any idiotic thing they want and not face any consequences with the electorate here.
Anyway, Obama is planning to do what he can on guns via executive order, because the reality is that virtually nothing is going to happen in Congress. The GOP and the NRA aren't going to budge on *anything.*
I still don't get why even allegedly informed and educated Americans don't seem to be aware of the Supreme Court ruling that gave constitutional protection to gun ownership. But like Obama says, it's part of the scare tactic that Republicans and the NRA use to keep the money flowing from passionate, but ignorant, gun owners. The government ain't gonna take your guns people. Shees, but then I guess people who own tons of guns are more likely to lean toward the paranoid side anyway.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57563967-10 … n-control/
Probably about all that could get through Congress at this point would be something addressing mental illness and guns. It's pretty clear that the GOP isn't going to yield on anything. They are even talking about shutting down the government over the debt ceiling. Too many in the GOP are only playing to the ultraconservative majorities in their own very conservative districts. They can't see the bigger picture, to their party's own peril.