{"id":4493,"date":"2016-06-23T02:51:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/23\/why-the-house-democrats-gun-control-sit-in-is-only-playing-out-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2016-06-23T02:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:51:19","slug":"why-the-house-democrats-gun-control-sit-in-is-only-playing-out-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/23\/why-the-house-democrats-gun-control-sit-in-is-only-playing-out-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the House Democrats' gun control sit-in is only playing out on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some 70 Democratic members of the House have gone old-school, occupying the floor of the chambers with a sit-in to protest the Republican majority’s inaction on gun control.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And you can only see it on social media.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: A week after Orlando shooting, four gun control bills fail in U.S. Senate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The protest comes in the wake of the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, which killed 49 people.<\/p>\n

Since it began Wednesday morning with approximately 30 representatives, the action has grown \u2014 but you might never have known it. Media on the scene is not allowed to broadcast from the chamber because the House is not technically in session. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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