Sixty Reasons Why It Keeps Happening

On April 17, 2013, four months after Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, with a Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and shot to death twenty schoolchildren and six adult staff members, the U.S. Senate voted on S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. Forty members of the Senate voted in favor of banning the importation, possession, sale, or transfer of semiautomatic assault weapons. Sixty members voted against the ban; here are their names:

• Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
• Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.
• John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
• Max Baucus, D-Mont.
• Mark Begich, D-Alaska
• Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
• Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
• John Boozman, R-Ark.
• Richard M. Burr, R-N.C.
• Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
• Daniel Coats, R-Ind.
• Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
• Thad Cochran, R-Miss.
• Susan Collins, R-Maine
• Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
• John Cornyn, R-Texas
• Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho
• Ted Cruz, R-Texas
• Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.
• Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo.
• Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
• Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
• Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
• Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa
• Kay Hagan, D-N.C.
• Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah
• Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.
• Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D.
• Dean Heller, R-Nev.
• John Hoeven, R-N.D.
• James M. Inhofe, R-Okla.
• Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.
• Mike Johanns, R-Neb.
• Tim Johnson, D-S.D.
• Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
• Angus King, Ind-Maine
• Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.
• Mike Lee, R-Utah
• Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va.
• John McCain, R-Ariz.
• Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
• Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
• Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
• Rand Paul, R-Ky.
• Rob Portman, R-Ohio
• Mark Pryor, D-Ark.
• James Risch, R-Idaho
• Pat Roberts, R-Kan.
• Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
• Tim Scott, R-S.C.
• Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
• Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala.
• Jon Tester, D-Mont.
• John Thune, R-S.D.
• Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa.
• Mark Udall, D-Colo.
• Tom Udall, D-N.M.
• David Vitter, R-La.
• Mark Warner, D-Va.
• Roger Wicker, R-Miss.