Schieffer explained on air that representatives of the National Rifle Assn. had been invited to appear on “Face the Nation,” but had declined. Similarly, all eight of Schumer’s Republican colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees guns, were asked to appear; all eight declined. [More]Now that's leadership.
Kudos to Louie Gohmert, though. Somebody who takes point while the rest are hiding under beds deserves to know he's not as alone as things may appear. We ought to take a second and let him know he did good--if you want to bypass his contact form non-constituent disqualifier, the 75701 Zip Code works.
Thing is, there's no shortage of gun rights advocates who could and would stomp the antis into the studio floor, but small fry don't have the media-designated gravitas to get invited on the big boy shows.