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As long as our society worships the culture of the gun, and glorifies death and violence, then why is this news? As long as we refuse to even consider compelling citizens to pass a written and performance-demonstration firearm saftey class, pass a criminal/psychological background check, and register their firearms and pay a substantial yearly fee and obtain personal liability firearm insurance, subject to the insurers own risk analysis, and as long as we refuse to consider electronic trigger locks that require a key fob-like device to be carried on the firearm owners person, and refuse to consider requiring firearm owners to store their weapons in approved gun safes without ammunition loaded in the weapons, we will continue to experience mass-casulty shootings as well as the continual onslaught of onesey-twosey firearm murders and suicides. Same goes for restrictions on owning semi-automatic weapons. Yes, hypocrites, we refuse to licence and regulate firearm ownership in the same manner that we regulate motor vehicle ownership and operation. Keeping and bearing arms is not an unrestricted right, coming with no responsibilities from the bearer to society...the Scond Amendment references 'A well regulated militia...'. So, go ahead, stick your heads in the sand, make each and every Presidential candidate dance in front of the camera pertending to be the great white hunter to kow-tow to the NRA-fundamentalist/evangalist axis of evil, and buy some body armor and keep your head on a swivel every time you drive down the freeway, eat at Mickey-Ds, go to school, and visit the Post Office. Oh, and don't cry to me or anyone else if your child/spouse/mother/friend gets cut down by some psycho with a gun...just keep chanting "Freedom isn't free'.
