Ed Markey: “assault weapons. The narcotic of the NRA. The weapon of choice for lunatics bent on slaughtering large numbers of their…”

“assault weapons. The narcotic of the NRA. The weapon of choice for lunatics bent on slaughtering large numbers of their fellow men, women, and children. Congress banned these killing machines. The public is disgusted with gun violence. But now a radical wing of the Republican Party, which controls decisionmaking in the House of Representatives, has decided to legalize these crowd-killing devices again. Why? Promises made, and promises kept. Promises made and promises kept. The NRA has come to town to redeem a promise, and the Republicans who made this deadly deal are about to keep it. The whole world is watching. It is appalled that a Nation soaked in the blood of gun violence would legalize the more efficient massacre of innocents. Let us stop this Congress before it hurts people across this country.”