By your stated opinion, you should not mind if you get shot and maimed or killed tomorrow, and should not feel any emotion about that.
Overly unregulated gun ownership is the proven cause of gun violence in America, & not any other cause can be used to justify so many guns being owned by Americans. No interest in argument here. It should be obvious that if you don't want yourself or those you love to die by gun violence, then get on board with gun regulation.

Assault rifles do not belong in the hands of general public where nut jobs can own just them they are too easy to use for mass casualties and like the AK easy to use by novices

We had a ban on assault weapons (semi automatic rifles and pistols) in the 90's. It was proven to be constitutional as it was never able to be overturned though they tried several times. It expired in 2004 with many attempts to reinstate by dems but mostly refused by repubs and those who could be bought by the NRA. I, for one, am tired of mass killings. Mortified that a large portion of this country doesn't seem to care about innocent people getting killed and use bullshit talking points such as "anti-gun sentiment". I'm hoping the time has come to reinstate the assault weapons ban.

...and why should emotions amount to punitive retribution, like 9-11..?

Actually, the ban and forced confiscation of military style assault weapons and their accompanying ammo & body armor would/ will be a quicker partial solution. More strategic bans may take place after you’ve determined we’ve had sufficient time to pray & mourn ~

@dahermit We've discussed it to death this year. There have been so many Mass Shootings that folks have a form of PTSD from it and are trying not to poke the wound.

Search the topic - you'll see we all talked about it.
A ton of us have contacted our Representatives too.

Heck there's a group dedicated to this discussion.

Don't add more shaming to an issue we aren't in control of kindly. We're already stressed to the max and grief stricken!

I've been watching members mark themselves "safe" from these events all year - many of us are having anxiety attacks while we wait for news of people we care for.

Yes we care. Almost all want the NRA gone and reasonable gun laws passed and enforced.

Just the opposite. Kindly consider the facts. In one case there were armed people and they took down the shooter in 50 seconds. On the other scene there were not, and the shooter just kept killing.
We need to arm more citizens!

If you look on FB you can find plenty of "reliable news sources" that wil break it down and will agree with everything you say, and will allude to the massive emotional outpouring of the libtard gun grabbers. You won't find it here though, because TCF (the Clinton foundation) has already scoured this site, and taken those posts down and replaced them with petty infighting about atheist vs agnostic, so that we will all forget about the big issues and accept whatever pablum the dems shove down our throats.

Fine. I'm happy to condem the gun manufactures mouthpiece organization, the NRA, an organization that long ago stopped representing gun owners and thier rights. The organization that's blocked any and all real measures that would actually help instead of hinder, who's distorted through fear and obtustification what it means to be a responsible gun owner in service to those who make and sell firearms.

Fuck the NRA.

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Okay I'll start it off. As a gun owner myself, please pass rational gun ownership law. How may thousands of deaths and maiming need to take place before we come to our senses. Remove the NRA's 501 c 3 tax status.