House Democrats Stage Gun Control Sit-In

In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting last week, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are reviving an old protest tactic popular among Occupy Wall Street and college activists: the sit-in.

Led by Georgia congressman John Lewis, a well known civil rights leader, Democratic House members Wednesday began protesting a lack of a vote on gun control measures to deny those on terror watch lists the ability to purchase firearms. The Senate recently considered, and rejected, four such measures.