The Senate Today

It's no surprise to me the Senate voted down two gun bills today. For those of you who were surprised, you have not been paying attention, for years. For those of you who are mad about those votes today, what are you going to do? For those of you who are going to name call Republicans, claim again that Republicans are sick, immoral bastards, thanks for stating the obvious.
Do you think, if we had a Democratic majority in the Senate, those two gun bills would have passed? If your answer is yes, then you know what has to be done. And things won't change by just electing Clinton president of the United States.
For me, I reached the end of the line on guns (high capacity kill machines) many years ago. For the country, I thought they had reached the end of the line on these killing machines after children were massacred at Sandy Hook. I was wrong.
We used to have a ban on these kind of guns, but then Republicans decided that was not a good idea. What a surprise! Like Republicans know what a good idea is!
One bill was about not selling guns to those who are on the terrorist watch list. The other bill was about getting background checks on those buying guns over the internet, or at gun shows. Both ideas are supported by a vast majority of Americans, including members of the NRA. Both bills failed pretty much on party line votes.
I'm sure the founding fathers would be horrified to think a law could say no individual Americans could own guns. In fact it was such a given, that they never mentioned it. The 2nd amendment was about a military group, or a militia. At that time there was no standing army, so Americans were called on to defend the new country. They had to have a right to own guns in order to fulfill a militia requirement. We have had a standing army for centuries now. The military services supplies our service people with guns and other arms.
I'm all for individual Americans owing guns as long as there are limits on the power of those weapons and the number of weapons one individual can own. I believe in a requirement on background checks, both criminal and mental.
The right, is a federal right, and the federal government should have the authority to define and state rules and regulations on the use and sale of those guns, not the States. Our bureaucracy is so screwed up that many fall through the cracks, and that will have to be tightened.
Unless Democrats get majority, nothing will be done to change gun laws. This election is the opportunity to make a change on gun laws. At this point we can't even reinstate a ban on assault weapons, which used to be the law of the land until Republicans ended that law, even though they voted for it when the law was originally passed. I wonder what changed their minds?