The killings today at the Connecticut elementary school is truly a national tragedy. But not because, while it is just the latest incident in this country of mass shootings, it was done at an elementary school. No, what makes it a national tragedy is that after all the other killings, we never had a debate over the gun laws in this country. The NRA has so corrupted the political process that even after the senseless killings in Arizona, and Colorado, and Virginia Tech, that Congress couldn't even debate gun issues like re-enacting the assault weapons ban, limiting rounds in a clip, and the ease of evading background checks when buying a gun.
I spent 20 years in the military, so I am no all-guns-are-bad liberal. There are very good reasons for owning a gun, including hunting, target shooting, and self-defense. But after every incident of these mass killings, people always say that we need to mourn, and it isn't the right time to talk about gun laws. But, after 20 children were killed today at their school, is the NRA still saying that new gun laws are off-limits, that we can't figure out a way to try to stop these senseless killings?
There were over 2 dozen people killed at an elementary school today. Can we have a debate on guns NOW?
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