Today I have re-thought my position on the second amendment.

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11. Thanks for your thoughtful post.. and the others that are rethinking their positions

If there was only some way of keeping guns out of the hands of crackpots and criminals.....but there isn't.

I too grew up shooting as a hobby and once was a member of the NRA but that was many decades ago,,

Things have changed..the NRA is ruled by crazies and guns are causing just too much harm..Who the fuck needs an assault rifle?

I think only a total ban will do and if someone is caught with one then its mandatory jail time..eventually even criminals will find guns hard to get or just too risky to own..Not every one of them but enough to curb this senseless slaughter..especially incidents like this where crazy people get guns..

Even if the NRA would support some kind of program to track guns and keep them out of the hands of crazy people, that would be a start..but they don't ..They may say they do but then they allow for so many loopholes its meaningless..They want everyone to own a gun..just like in Pakistan or Lebanon or Afghanistan....and we see where that leads..

I dont buy the argument about guns protecting people,,.,for every person that protects himself with a gun, dozens of others are killed either by accident or deliberately and no gun is going to protect you from someone with a lead pipe that attacks you from behind by surprise..

Here is the truth...The gun industry and the NRA are not about liberty and protection...like they claim...They are all about making money..and they don't care how or what the consequences...like just about everything else in this sad and crumbling nation..