Pray -- And Act

The National Rifle Association has bought and paid for Republicans' silence and inaction on America's grating gun-ho epidemic for far too long.

While we mourn and pray for our brothers and sisters, senselessly and tragically mowed down by a crazed man with an aresonal of high-powered weapons in Las Vegas, we must channel our anguish and anger into action.

Arguably, tougher gun laws in Nevada and the nation would have at least minimized the deaths and injuries in the senseless, horrific Las Vegas tragedy. 

Without the readily available bump stock attachment converting a semi-automatic into essentially a machine gun, the mass killer, whose name doesn't need mentioning, wouldn't have spilled so much blood -- 59 killed and more than 500 injured.

The Las Vegas shooter owned more than 40 guns reportedly and 12 were semi automatic rifles converted to machine gun capacity right there in the hotel room with him.

He had no problem amassing a mass killing aresonal, and that simply should not be.

After the worst mass killing in our nation's modern history, will Republicans finally own up to their criminal complicity?

After San Bernadino, Sandy Hook, Orlando, Aurora, Columbine and the like, the Right's glaring inaction on common sense gun safety laws must end.

If President Donald Trump and other Republican leaders truly care about the American people they would indeed pray -- and then act to tighten gun laws, ban bump stocks and do all they can to prevent a mentally unstable person from legally buying guns.

Of course, if they really gave a squat, they wouldnt have started to reverse sensible gun legislation passed under President Barack Obama.

Bottom line. The Las Vegas horror illustrates all over again why we need to get money out of politics.

In the 2016 elections alone, The NRA dumped 500 million dollars into the campaigns of six Republican senators and then candidate Trump. All but one senator won their races.

The Bible that the President was quoting Monday also tells us that we can't "serve both God and mammon." 

And 1 Timothy, 6:10 has this to say about the love of money:

"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." 

In Matthew, Paul has a good deal to say about hypocrites of the faith as well.

President Trump can posture all he wants about praying for the Las Vegas victims and he can cite all the scripture he wants too.

But sadly, it all rings hollow. Something the President never has seemed to grasp: Actions speak louder than words.