I'm Just Not Ready To Accept That We Have To Have Gun Massacres All The Time

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http://www.businessinsider.com/im-just-not-ready-to-accept-that-we-have-to-have-mass-shootings-all-the-time-2012-12



***SNIP

The no-gun-control folks, who never seem to be the parents or relatives of people killed by gunmen (or are remarkably undisturbed by this), calmly weighed in with their standard talking points:

The Second Amendment gives us the right to own guns (at least in the service of a "well-regulated state militia," a seemingly important qualification that always appears to be ignored).

Guns don't kill people--people kill people.

There are ~300 million guns in this country, so we need guns to protect ourselves from all the guns.

If the shooter hadn't used a gun, he'd have used a bomb or fire or knife or some other weapon.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/im-just-not-ready-to-accept-that-we-have-to-have-mass-shootings-all-the-time-2012-12#ixzz2FJy1L1TR

[myrna minx]

1. This shouldn't be our new normal. It's disturbing that this is expected to be the new normal

to soothe the fears of the pro-gun lobby.