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This horrible shooting in Aurora, CO last week has sparked a fury over gun laws in this country and it should. Mayor Bloomberg of New York, City has called for our Presidential candidates to offer a plan to address this very issue and I can not agree more. You see, if I wish to order a prescription medication, I need to have a prescription to get it. I can’t just get on-line and put in an order without this permission slip from my doctor. However if I want to order 1000 rounds of ammunition from a gun store or the internet, I don’t even need a gun permit! Are we a mess in this country or what? So far two sitting US Congressmen have spoken openly that “had someone else in the theater only been armed, this shooter could have been taken out” Is this nuts or what? Did the scope of the 2nd amendment really intend this, that we all should carry a side arm? I am appalled at these thoughts. We in America, the supposed most civilized nation in the world is willing to accept this! Americans kill with guns more people on our streets than most of the free western world combined! (click here) I do think we need to address these issues, we need to talk about them. We spend way to much effort talking about insignificant issues, perhaps because we fear the ones that scare us most?
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Craig
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The problem is us…the sidearms are inanimate objects, subjected to the actions of a people mired in sin. Our fallen natures are at issue here, not laws. Before we can solve this problem, we have to admit that we are the problem.
I don’t believe that anyone other than military personel and law enforcement need to be armed with assault rifles. I take my 2nd ammendment rights seriously but our forefathers had a different idea with regards to the right to bear arms. We need to restrict access to what can be purchased online as it is obviously unrestricted. I agree with the comment above that it is not the gun that kills but rather a person who pulls the trigger. However, if more people were packing heat a lot of people who use guns as intimidation or to comitt crime might think twice before pulling it. This debate is certain to rage on. Stoked in Tucson!!!
Thanks John, you and I may not agree about packing heat but I know if I go out to a movie I surely don’t wish to check if my pistol is loaded first. I truly am not a fan of guns, especially assault type weapons. I really don’t know what we as a country are going to do about it either? Craig