Article snippet: Members of congress, their staff and voters across the country had come to expect a rhythm that these days is perhaps petering out. For years, after a mass shooting, there would inevitably be a debate of some sort on gun control on Capitol Hill. For example, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 -- which left twenty children and six adults dead -- there was a push for stricter background checks and a limit on ammunition. And last year, following the shooting massacre at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub -- during which 49 people were killed -- Democratic members sat on the floor and demanded a vote on what seemed to be a small measure to them: purchasing access for people on non-fly, terror watch lists. But yesterday, after a gunman opened fire on some of their own congressional colleagues at a Virginia park baseball diamond, only a few Democrats fell back on familiar gun control talking points and frustration about the abundance of weapons in the U.S. Instead, by and large, the tone was different than after past tragedies. There appeared to be a sensitivity that it was not the appropriate time to fight with their colleagues over policy. And there was also a resignation, it seemed, that both parties know where the other stands, and little, if anything, could be passed on the federal level. Murphy wrote on his Facebook page. “We are becoming massively desensitized to the carnage.” Hours after the shooting, Murphy, sounded disheartened and hopel... Link to the full article to read more