Fact:
Every
day in America, thirty-three people are murdered with guns.
In
Japan (where there are gun control laws) there were seven gun-related deaths in
2010. Seven. In a YEAR.
Here’s
a quip floating around on bumper stickers (and facebook), “Guns don’t’ kill
people. People kill people.”
Here’s
a new bumper sticker: people with assault weapons mass murder people. No one
stands a chance against a maniac with an assault rifle.
I
have two thoughts on this whole thing. First of all, reinstate the ban on
assault weapons. Why should it be legal in this country for citizens to out-gun
the police? Doesn’t make any kind of sense.
Second,
and this is a very simple thing- make it as difficult to get a weapon as it is
to get a drivers license. A person who intends to buy a gun should have to take
a course in gun safety, then take a test. If they don’t pass, just as we don’t
get a license, they don’t get the gun. And as we have our eyes tested, they
should have their sanity tested, and a doctors note stating that they are of
sound mind wouldn’t hurt. They
should then have their fingerprints registered and their picture taken, height,
weight, color of eyes all on record, to obtain a gun license.
Nobody
screams “socialism” about our process to obtain drivers licenses, or
contracter’s licenses, or scuba certification or anything else, so is this
really such an outrageous idea? No one is lobbying congress over standing in
line at the DMV.
We’ve
let the NRA run rampant with freedom for far too long, and look where it's gotten us. We need to stand up and
make our voices heard, so that our children can safely go to the movies, or go
to meet a congresswoman without fear of being gunned down.
To
sign the petition to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, click here.
