Once again we see faced with the ugliness and horror of what a gun in the wrong hands is capable of doing. You will hear numerous television interviews with the countries top psychologists over the next couple of weeks about why this man did this and what could drive someone to such madness, the story will either fade away or be replaced when the spawn of Snooki's drunken irresponsibility enters the world or Miley decides to reviver her career by posing nude with her dad again. This tragedy will be brushed under the rug until another piece of s**t gets his hand on a gun.
We do not need to waste our time discussing mental illness. We do not need to talk about heightened security. We need to keep weapons out of the hands of those who have no need for them and who will only bring pain once they acquire them. Not to repeat myself, as those of you who read this blog already know that I previously did a post on the second amendment, but it is the right to raise an army against tyranny that must not be infringed, it is not the right to arm yourself like Dirty Harry and take the lives of innocent people. Besides, let us not forget that those words were written over two hundred years ago at a time when the democracy and stability of this country was at risk. This same time this was written, slavery was still considered okay and women were not allowed to vote, among a slew of other ill considered laws.
This animal was able to get his hands on over six thousand rounds of ammunition. How does this not set off a red flag? How is there no data base in check that keeps track of all of these rounds of deadly ammunition? I am almost more frightened by the fact that he was able to obtain the guns and ammo legally, and still stay under radar, than I am by the heinous and cowardly act he committed.
I am beyond tired of hearing people say that it is their right to own a gun. It is my right to be able to go see a film and not fear for my life that some freak who never passed any background checks was able to go to his local twenty four hour wal-mart and buy a gun. Do not give me the sport b.s. either, if you want to take up a sport try bowling or golf. Hell, you can drink while playing those sports and get away with wearing funny outfits.
As far as hunting is concerned, which I personally think is a load of garbage because unless you are an Inuit there is practically a food store every two miles, you should be allowed to rent an appropriate rifle upon entering a designated area and must return it when your innocent animal killing spree is over.
I agree that big brother already has a lot of say in our lives but this is one area where I would be fine giving them even more power. As far as arming ourselves against tyranny, history has shown that there has been more successful non-violent rebellions than the countless failed armed revolts. Though it is an old cliche... the pen is still mightier than the sword.
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Where is the mention of the explosives that he had? Last I checked it is illegal to have or make any explosive devices. My point is, even if firearms were outlawed like you want, people like this guy from Colorado will still get their hands on them to do whatever evil thing they want with them."If you outlaw guns then only outlaws will have them." They don't care about laws. When are any of you liberal people going to learn that?
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