The GOP allegiance to the gun lobby appears to be more important than the lives of vulnerable women and small children. More important, even, than the lives of law enforcement officers. Some of those officers are pushing back. | JillFilipovic, CNNOpinion
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The Republican allegiance to the gun lobby appears to be more important than the lives of vulnerable women and small children. More important, even, than the lives of law enforcement officers. And finally, some of those officers are pushing back. Jill FilipovicOn Monday, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo stood before reporters and cameras and issued a scathing critique of the GOP after one of his sergeants was gunned down responding to a domestic violence call Saturday. The gunman, Arturo Solis, had been convicted of domestic violence in 2015, but thanks to lax American gun laws, was able to get a gun anyway.
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