U.S. Senate rejects gun control measure

Gun Control and “A Pretty Shameful Day for Washington”
By Jana Riess — April 18, 2013
How strange that I live in a country where a convicted felon can never cast another vote in a public election, but can easily purchase a gun on the Internet -- a gun that could murder hundreds of people in a public place. Our Senate has made sure that in this way at least, a criminal's "rights" are well protected.
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