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The headlines are a bit on the sparse side today, so we have a short episode, including a

front-pued story involving a Clinton-affiliated lawyer, which is how you know it is a slower

morning.

The House Judiciary Committee will hold an emergency hearing this week to consider a package

of gun reform bills, comprised of eight initiatives that Democrats have dubbed the

Protecting Our Kids Act, which is just grammatically far enough away from Save the Children.

These initiatives include raising the purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles to 21, banning

large capacity magazines and bump stocks, and establishing requirements for the storage

of firearms and residences, with criminal penalties for violations, and hopefully even

harsher penalties for people who do photo shoots with their guns.

The Emergency Judiciary Committee meeting was called to even though the House is out

of session this week, which is how you know it's a big deal, because it is hard to

pry these people away from their vacation.

Don't get your hopes up, though.

Even if these pass the House, they will require 60 votes in the Senate to even debate passing

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