Push for US national gun control intensifies after Colorado shooting

"Let's mourn the victims, but not glorify the killer with the attention of having his name widely known," said feminist Amy Siskind after the Boulder shooter's name became public. She continued to push the skin color angle later on in the day.

Over in Congress, the political shift in DC quickly circled back to gun control measures. With both President Biden and former President Obama urging further restrictions to be put in place.

According to the Daily Caller the same is being said by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. When asked about a nationwide ban on assault weapons by MSNBC's Katy Tur she had called them "weapons of mass death."

"I think that there are a lot of changes that we could make," said Whitmer. "I mean, we’ve seen Congress debate some things in terms of background checks, in terms of the things that can be used to modify guns to make them weapons of mass destruction. I think there are a lot of things that common sense would dictate make good sense in terms of how we keep these guns out of hands of people who shouldn’t have them.”

Katy Tur pressed her to directly endorse a nationwide measure of some kind but the Michigan Governor stopped short of doing so. Instead, Whitmer talked about the potential for “common ground” and gave a nod to the fact a sizable amount of her state constituents love hunting.

At a Judiciary Committee hearing on reducing gun violence held Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz mocked the Left's playbook: "Every time there's a shooting we play this ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders."

Democrat Senator Joe Manchin broke away from the progressive pack in Washington by voicing his opposition to two gun background check bills passed in the house. "What the House passed? Not at all," Manchin responded when asked if he supported them.

It’s doubtful at this time the US Senate has the votes necessary to approve the House’s bills.