Kansas City & U.S. Suffer Stupid & Futile Partisan Gun Control Politics

We'll start with the punchline.

Nothing is going to change. 

The Prez is too unpopular to do anything too drastic. Republicans aren't convinced by so many emotional pleading and mean tweets. 

Forgive me but politics has turned TKC into a professional cynic and we're far more sympathetic to the personal reactions, heart breaking stories and personal testimony far more than politicos attempting to distract from the own horrific records when it comes to gun violence.

Luckily, a KICK-ASS KANSAS CITY INSIDERS sent a message our way recently and offered a practical political perspective . . . Here's the word . . .

"I hate these political students. They're meaningless, you might as well tell people that you're going to solve world hunger when you offer these empty political gestures."

About Kansas City gun control chatter . . . 

"Please tell me how Mayor Quinton Lucas is going to get the cooperation he needs for gun control from Jeff City after spending the past two years bad mouthing Republicans and calling everyone who disagrees with him racist??? The answer is: He knows that he's powerless when it comes to passing meaningful legislation and he's just putting on a show."

At the national level . . . We see the same scenario play out. 

To wit . . . 

Of course we want people to allow themselves to mourn this American tragedy but at the same time we can't forget that political opportunists are using this discussion as a wedge issue in order to gain the upper-hand as Midterms approach and progressives confront historic push back and conservatives seek to rally their supporters. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links on this tragic topic and how the local discourse has confronted the politics of it all . . .

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