Vote Them Out

"They won't be able to ignore us when they don't get re-elected."
 -- David Hogg, a Florida high school senior

   "Never again" is the cry going up from young people in Florida and in Washington as high school students protest lax gun laws and demand change.
   And the students, unlike many politicians, have read the Second Amendment to the Constitution and its reference to "a well regulated militia."
   Meanwhile, these young people know that they will soon be able to vote, once they reach 18. And for many, that could well be this year, in time for the next election of congressional representatives in November, and certainly in time for the next presidential election in 2020.
   Separately, it has been reported that the National Rifle Association spent $55 million to influence the results of the 2016 election, and garnered the support of  Donald Trump.
   In addition, others have compiled a list of congressional members who have taken campaign donations from the NRA, taking a two-page ad in the New York Times to show all the names.
   The list includes the names of eight U.S. senators who have collected $1 million or more from the NRA in recent years.
   They are Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, $1.97 million; Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, $1.23 million; Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, $1.06 million; Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, $1.48 million; Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, $1.4 million; Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina; $1.97 million; Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, $1.5 million, and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, $1.02 million.

   So what's more important to politicians, the lives of children or money from the NRA?