Elected officials are responsible for deaths

People who have the power to do something about gun violence and choose not to are responsible for killing people. People like to argue that guns kill, but really, the blame should shift to politicians, lawmakers, and legislatures from state to federal governments. The public elects officials into office because officials make promises about what they are going to do to keep their constituents safe. They run on campaigns of promises for a better tomorrow, on vows to pass legislation that will ensure safer futures. ^[1] If elected officials choose to not pass gun legislation that can prevent the hundreds of shootings that countries like the US see every day, maybe we should shift the blame to them. Maybe the blame should be shifted to the politicians of the Republican Party who refuse to pass common-sense gun laws that could save lives.^[2] Vice President Joe Biden says that Republican lawmakers “should be exposed for what they refuse to do because they’re being intimidated.”^[2] Republicans who refuse to pass gun control legislation because they are intimated by people within their own party perpetuate gun violence. People kill people because it is people who have the authority to put an end to gun violence.