Obama In Connecticut

President Obama's speech for the memorial of the victims of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut hit the right chord, and it resonated deeply with many people, including me, but when he said that something must be done, he was very vague about it.  Maybe it was inappropriate to turn the memorial service into a politically charged call for gun control, but he didn't seem very comfortable in handling the question in the moment.  Based on what I've seen on social media, he either alluded to gun control in a tasteful way or tried to avoid stirring up trouble with the gun lobby. 

Meanwhile, politicians who don't have to worry about having to the console the nation like Obama had to are already staking out their positions on the issue.  William Bennett - who wrote about the importance of virtue before getting caught with a gambling problem - opined that the school would have been safe if those who tried to stop the gunman had been armed themselves (!).  Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who's rightfully had enough of this, plans to introduce new gun control legislation in the new Congress.

There are 31 pro-gun senators, none of whom wanted to go on NBC's "Meet The Press." If enough of the Republican majority in the House can be shamed into voting for Senator Feinstein's bill, and if a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate could pass it, we could finally see some action.