All 31 pro-gun rights Senators decline invites to Meet The Press

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41. Three Hundred Million guns in America: The Genie will not go back into the bottle

I belonged to the NRA until they became NARA (National Assault Rifle Ass) and switched from being about hunting, recreational shooting and gun safety to being a strident branch of the the John Birch Society.

I still enjoy shooting - though not hunting - and have over half-a-dozen firearms.

However there is absolutely no reason for anyone, other than the military and perhaps the police (though the distinction between the two - as in any Police State - is blurring with the increasing militarization of the police) to have assault weapons.

Yes, doubtless some gun-obsessed 'expert' will quickly pop-up from under a rock to insist that "assault weapon" is a meaningless term - but anyone with common sense can understand the difference between a firearm designed for hunting from that designed to kill, as quickly as possible, large numbers of people.

However, as usual, nothing will change - for, as the president's PR flack said (as he said after Aurora) "There will be a day for discussion of the usual Washington policy debates, but I do not think today is that day."

That day will never come.

Frankly, given the number assault weapons and other firearms already out there I fear it is is too late.