Guns Kill Children The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.

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32. It makes good sense to prohibit violent ex-felons and those legally adjudged ...

as having serious mental issues that may lead to them attacking others from legally buying or owning firearms.

That doesn't mean that gun ownership should be illegal for the 80,000,000 gun owners in our nation as 99.9% are honest, sane and responsible.

Gun control advocates often focus on tragedies caused by firearms and totally ignore the fact that firearms are often used for legitimate self defense and save lives. In a high percentage of defensive gun uses, no shots are fired as the attackers flee when they realize their victim is armed.

If many gun control advocates would finally realize that banning and confiscating firearms is impossible in our nation today, perhaps gun owners and gun control advocates could join to insure as much as possible that only responsible, honest and sane people can legally buy and own firearms. We might make some significant progress if only gun control advocates would ban the use of the word "ban."

I thought that our Congress would pass some much needed improvements to our national gun laws after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. As soon as Dianne Feinstein pushed for a new assault weapons ban, I knew no progress would occur. I was right.