Well, seems to me this is the only leverage they have. So they're using it. This "why don't we have reasonable and sensible and productive discussion and laws

Well, seems to me this is the only leverage they have. So they're using it. This "why don't we have reasonable and sensible and productive discussion and laws instead" argument is hilarious - because we don't have reasonable and sensible and productive discussion and laws in this country. So we're using the only tools we have.