Welcome to the Late Show, everybody.

I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.

Now, folks, I don't know about you,

but I am past ready for our elected officials

to take any action at all on guns.

Okay?

And there are things...

There are some bedrock things

that they could do.

There are only two stumbling blocks.

Elected officials.

Because, despite the horrific shootings in Uvalde, Texas,

the Senate just skipped town for a two-week break

without any action on guns.

Chuck Schumer had planned on pushing through a vote

to get everyone on the record,

but yesterday he bailed explaining

there was no point in doing so,

given that Republican opposition was already crystal clear.

Well, he's just following the old adage.

If at first you don't succeed,

bye!

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