Given that Congress, beholden to the NRA, refused to discuss, much less introduce legislation to limit the ease with which virtually any citizen can legally purchase assault weapons, large magazines, and devices capable of making weapons fully automatic, it is indirectly responsible for the lost and damaged lives of gun violence and should, at the very least, assume the financial cost. Forgoing their own medical insurance might cover some of the enormous expenses.
Why is this important?
Since no entity is more responsible for these destroyed lives, it is only just that Congress bear the burden. It is my hope that if Congress had to pay the price for their actions (or inaction) it might strive to fulfill its obligation to the people.
