American lawmakers are more enthusiastic about regulating porn and Tide Pods, than in preventing school shootings, but the public outrage after last week's attack in Parkland, FL, is louder and better organized than ever before. And in the slightest sign of caving to that pressure, Donald Trump help a "listening session" on Wednesday with students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

One of the most dramatic testimonies came from Andrew Pollack, whose daughter was killed in last week's mass shooting. Pollack stops short of calling for specific law or policy changes, but his anger is palpable.

This was one of the most fiery and critical moments in a listening session that contained no real criticism of the president or gun laws explicitly. Trump, for his part, remained relatively restrained and on-message, though that message involved never once discussing access to guns. The session left some on Twitter questioning why none of the MSD students who have been giving interviews and organizing protests were present. The answer seems to be that the session was invitation-only, and they didn't make the cut.