"Regulate" does NOT mean "take them away"

[libdem4life]

85. Forget psych eval and school renovations..We are not going to be victims of the NRA and gun industry

This is the 21st century. We no longer ride horses or require muskets to provide us with food and protection against Indians or cattle rustlers.

We can create a federal agency out of outrage and sorrow. We have TSA, for instance, that is actually provided for but not mentioned precisely in the Constitution regarding life and liberty and pursuit of happiness...in air travel, not specifically covered in said Constitution because there were no airplaines...imagine that. But we all pretty much have gotten used to getting frisked before getting on a plane, because we want to feel safe from international terrorists...and for our kids...like it or not.

Now we have to deal with domestic terrorism...that has hit white America with a vengeance. We can do it. We require licensing, registration, manufacturing, repair, gasoline controls, specific legal ramifications...all for the 300,000,000 cars and their drivers and owners...and seem to have it down and accomplished pretty well. You injure or kill someone with a vehicle with even a bit of booze or pot in your system...you should have called a cab...you're going down. You drive without insurance or faulty blinkers or committing a crime or noxious gunk coming out of the tailpipe...ther fix-it ticket is on you and either show up with a licensed repair or call your attorney and pray for no jail time.

Speaking of the ATF, we license alcohol, tobacco, and soon your local head shop will be merrily charging taxes. Oh, and like insurance, most gun owners have cars. That's a shortcut until we can put together a new federal agency.

This is not rocket science. Most rational gun owners are OK with registration and hoping no gun nut kills their kid at elementary school with "just a bunch of women" to protect them. In fact, most would likely agree to some tighter controls, taxes, armed security guards etc. to insure there are no more Sandy Hooks. (paid for by the gun nuts themselves)

You say it can't be done and I say Hogwash. How can we be Number One in Empire and global supremacy from the Board Room to the War Theater, but number 25 or whatever in protecting our citizens/kids from death by gunshot.

It's time Americans joined the other civilized nations in standing against unfettered gun violence and apologetics.