Originally Posted by rubicon

I have no dog in this hunt. However I am 100% on the side of those who desire to protect the 2nd Amendment because they recognize that this fight is not about placing a ban on certain type of weapons but the beginning of placing a ban on all weapons. The pros and cons will continue concerning gun control but it is only a distraction blocking the real societal problems that create the killing in a movie theatre in colorado or a gangland killing in Chicago. We fall for it evertime because it is easy to exploit because its popular and because after all the jawboning stopsthe media will move on the the next big story and nothing will have been resolved.

If certain weapons were banned I am sure this young man would have developed some sort of bomb or chemical created out of every day products and caused ther same amount of damge. This specious argument over gun control is good for politicians because they have a bone to throw at us voters and at least deflecting real issues