Mass shootings have become an everyday reality — and that's not an exaggeration. But take a look at Congress' schedule, and you wouldn't know it.
The Senate has only held a small handful of gun violence hearings since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, and the House hasn't had one. Now, that seems like it's about to change.
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Since the last hearing in 2011, 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Another 58 were killed at a Las Vegas music festival, and some of the survivors of that shooting were killed at a bar just over a year later. Shootings have also rocked nightclubs, churches, movie theaters, and every other aspect of life.
The chamber tried to have a hearing on gun violence in mid-2017, but it was canceled after the shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice. But now, after a slate of gun control activists poured money into the 2018 midterm elections, and gun control advocates like Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) were elected, that issue seems to be back on the table.
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