Great article and so true. As a non-criminal gun owner I have found the resistance of the pro-gun fanatics (typically right wing paranoid whack jobs that think they have a right to own any type of firearm) to be at times entertaining and at other times, such as after mass murders like we had here in Tucson disturbing. We need to have responsible owners begin to work with the gun control advocates to craft palatable legislation to get a handle on this pervasive problem. First reinstate the assault weapon ban that President Clinton initiated (even Vice President Cheney now supports some ban). Private sellers should be required to do background checks, just because it may be hard does not relieve them of the responsibility (cry me a river) if it costs them so be it, pay a service to do it. We should all be paying a registration fee on each weapon we own to help pay for the problems our "right" to bear arms generates, it should not be paid out of our income taxes but by a tax on weapons.
God bless the folks still healing here in Tucson and let's hope it is a very long time before another nut job with a handgun and a inappropriate magazine harms anyone.
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God bless the folks still healing here in Tucson and let's hope it is a very long time before another nut job with a handgun and a inappropriate magazine harms anyone.