Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I have noticed something odd this weekend [View all]upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Aurora happens, they feel less intimidated. The overwhelming carnage combined with the ease of access to guns gives some people pause and they ask themselves why don't we try and do something about this?
Also they wonder why the gun restrictions we had in place are gone. They wonder why some others don't see the connection between the violence in Aurora and the proliferation of guns in this country,
They are not willing to resign themselves to adopting the cavalier attitude of others to the pain and suffering that takes place when something like this happens.
They are not willing to resign themselves to the idea that we must accept gun violence in this country now and then because the 2nd Amendment forbids any restrictions on gun rights.
Maybe in the future a loud and powerful public outcry of the people driven by the angst they feel will effect enough good thinking gun owners to join in the call for some common sense here.
Until then they hope that the power of the NRA, the intimidation and bullying of the people by gun owners will lessen and we can again debate this issue in the halls of government.
Today they need to resign themselves to the fact that more gun violence will occur in our life time and they must remain silent because there is nothing they can do about it. Nothing they propose or do can have any effect on the violence.