Do you think that the Democrats staging a sit in, because their anti-gun bill didn't pass, is a sore loser act or justified?

33+ Bi-partisan bills sat on Harry Reid's desk, un-voted upon. You didn't see Republicans pulling this crap. Where's the outrage for that? Oh right, when the Democrats do it, it's "for the children" or "for your own good/security/safety."

After reading several more articles on the matter and actually seeing the sit in it was not what I imagined or expected and I could not agree with you more. Quite honestly, I do believe I disciplined my children for doing this very act over not getting a treat after dinner. Such a shame that these are our leaders.

TSgt Hunter Logan - it's not misleading at all, unless they continue the protest after a failed vote on the legislation. There's nothing in the House rules about only voting on legislation that has a chance of becoming law. Indeed, the House has made it something of a standing custom to regularly vote on - and pass - bills that they know will never become law (see, for instance, how many dozens of times the House passed bills to defund the Affordable Care Act).

Bit of a non sequitor. I thought your objection was that the protesters were trying to "make the public believe they weren't being given an option to vote," which you thought was "misleading." Now you seem shocked - shocked! - that politicians in a political system that requires near-constant fundraising efforts, would leverage publicity to raise money.

It's also worth noting that not all Democrats participated in the protest, and that even if they were, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (which sent out the solicitation Speaker Ryan highlighted in a press briefing) exists as a permanent fundraising organization independent of the actual members themselves. Like its Republican equivalent, the Committee has hundreds of staff all over the country. It conducts research, recruits potential candidates, and solicits donations, all on a sufficiently real-time basis that they can quickly shift fund-raising efforts to highlight topical current events. So it's not as if the protesters themselves were developing, producing, and disseminating those solicitations from the floor of the House.

There's more than enough "control" of guns, what's lacking is enforcement of those controls.

Yes, the crime stats in those countries are NOT anything to be proud of.

Britain now has a "knife problem." They are urging knives to be turned in, and laws be enacted to ban knives.