Does the fact that the democraps voted enblock against this bill say anything to anyone? They are AFRAID of free speech; AFRAID of Americans having individual rights that they can't usurp; AFRAID of Americans having guns; AFRAID of the Fourth Amendment. Actually, they are afraid of educated Americans they can't BS every damned 4 years! Hence ... guvmint (mind control) schools. Graduate morons unable to think and they win their fight.
Yes, it tells they are, as you say, afraid -- afraid of everyday people having freedom...