"...an armed society is a polite society..."

[marions ghost]

89. Good--the only thing that will bring about change is if we

speak as one voice and make it clear to them that this is unacceptable.

Hunting rifles are one thing, sure, but there are abuses there too--some of the high-powered ones are being used in areas that are no longer rural. And hunting seasons are not enforced. It's just the whole lax attitude toward guns that is the problem. The NRA really is holding the whole country hostage. People don't realize how vulnerable they are. Even guns for protection are not usually used for that--they are far more often used to kill family members or settle some interpersonal argument.

If it is true that the mother of this shooter owned these guns and her disturbed son had free access to them, then she is to blame. The free and easy attitudes are what made this happen, what made her so careless. (If he got the guns another way (I think they're saying he did get the rifle from somebody else) then how did that occur? Who is that person?

This is a national epidemic and it must be treated as such or we run the risk of turning this country into a very dangerous place to live, visit, or do business in--if we aren't there already.