Okay, talking point for Republicans/Romney campaign below....thank me very much.
“I understand when senseless things like this happen it causes us to want an immediate way to end it, to somehow keep it from every happening again.
I would point out that the Colorado shooter had rigged his house with explosives with what is believed to be an intent to kill police who might respond to the loud music or after the event. Those explosives, had they gone off as intended, would have killed many in that apartment complex, police personnel, innocent passers-by. We can’t eliminate explosives to keep such a thing from happening again.
I would point out that in countries with strict gun control laws these sorts of things still happen. The Norwegian massacre, just last year, resulted in the death of (insert statistics here). Gun control laws did not stop that senseless act.
We have a second ammendment right to own guns in this country and I believe in our consitution. IF there is a move to take away that constitutional right, let it happen per our country’s legal method of ammending the constituion, not by laws so strict and stifling that the loss of our right to carry is de facto denied us.
The American people have survived so much in our short history and we will survive these senseless acts without denying our own selves defense against them.
I have faith in the American people.”
Insert vulgar comment about legs and air here.
So much for the “last word”.
excellant summary of the key points.
watching cokie roberts..Joe klein etc in their hysteria, almost foaming at the mouth screeching about “CONTROL” IS the bizzare response to your cogent arguments...as they did with Jen Robin who tried to present these facts.
The FBI estimates that there are over 200 million privately-owned firearms in the US. 2nd amendment rights aside, the idea that we can somehow put the genie back in the bottle is fantasy. The bad guys will always have access to guns. Citizens need a way to protect themselves and would be the only ones affected by any further restrictions on the 2nd amendment.