You're 225 years too late. Common sense gun legislation was passed in 1791 when the Second Amendment was ratified. https://t.co/jkeYDc2xIi
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) June 22, 2016
Surprisingly enough, some House Democrats are no longer standing in favor of additional gun control measures. That’s because they’re now sitting for them:
My colleagues & I have had enough. We are sitting-in on the House Floor until we get a vote to address gun violence. https://t.co/rTqrPifuUz
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016
I'm on the House floor with @repjohnlewis & Dems staging a sit-in to demand action on commonsense gun legislation pic.twitter.com/byIivby5gG
— Rep. John Yarmuth (@RepJohnYarmuth) June 22, 2016
Time to occupy the House to demand action. #NoBillNoBreak #DisarmHate pic.twitter.com/C7BZpzNvxL
— Rep Donna F Edwards (@repdonnaedwards) June 22, 2016
Rep. @chelliepingree joins John Lewis in House floor sit-in to demand vote on "No-Fly No-Buy" gun bill #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/QYhB6X7XIi
— fred bever (@fredbever) June 22, 2016
#EnoughIsEnough. Sitting on the House floor to demand we take action to prevent gun violence. #NoBillNoBreak pic.twitter.com/rl6q0g6YLL
— Suzanne Bonamici (@RepBonamici) June 22, 2016
The Dems got some bipartisan encouragement:
HAHA. Keep sitting. Better than you passing laws. Shut it all down actually. PLEASE. Do it for the children!! https://t.co/oJ742eBC4S
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 22, 2016
Let them sit there for the rest of the year.
— BT (@back_ttys) June 22, 2016
If the Republicans did something like that, wouldn’t these same Dems consider it “obstruction”?
They should be sitting on the FBI buildings steps bc that's where the problem lies. https://t.co/Ycq6Qz9usS
— Reaganette (@Ezinger44) June 22, 2016
Try occupying the FBI, since they ignored about a dozen warning signs. #idiots https://t.co/Qr15Dd5eBl
— BT (@back_ttys) June 22, 2016
Solid lesson to kids out there. Throw hissy fits when you don't get your way. A+ role models. https://t.co/yeU8swUHE9
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 22, 2016
It's very brave of you guys to occupy a space where the American Constitution says you have privileged occupancy. https://t.co/6doOSK7pHD
— Omri Ceren (@cerenomri) June 22, 2016
.@repdonnaedwards pic.twitter.com/CRrsDOxCLk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 22, 2016
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.