Letters to the Editor
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Shapiro frames his case very well, but...
...since when has the typical NRA member or gun seller ever listened to any kind of rational discussion involving the 2nd Ammendment(or antything else for that matter)? Have any of you ever had to deal on a daily basis with someone who's life or portion of income revolves around gun shows or proliferation of weapons? Let me tell you, that's exactly what guns are to them;Thier life. These folks by thier very nature are largely reactionary and the idea of having thier right sacrificed for the greater good of all is likely something that would trigger one of them to violent outburst against anyone they perceived as taking action against them. They don't care about what might be for the collective good of the society because they don't believe in the collective good of society, but live by the motto of "Every man for himself". That's why you don't see them at the PTA meetings or the blood center drives.
If pro-gun idiots wouldn't stop to reconsider when even former Reagan aide Jim Brady pleaded for measures to be taken after having his life literally blown apart on tape with undeniable consequences to his health and welfare, there's absolutely no sensible reason any Democratic Rep or candidate should even bother to take this up. The best hope for progress might just be if families of the victims band together similar to the "Jersey Girls" after the government's unnaceptable performance in investigating what could have been done to perhaps stop the 9/11 attacks.
Of course, maybe they wouldn't want to endure the insult of Ann Coulter spitting out pathetic trash about how they were "glad at what happened to thier kids". I wouldn't put it past someone as disgusting and repugnant as her to say it just like I wouldn't put it past another gun nut to wring his hands the next time an atrocity of this scale happens. Let's face it, there's always a next time with innocent people being ambushed by some angry outcast with a gun. I'm not so sure that it's a right to bear arms issue any more. This is starting to look more like a "Right to sell any loser a gun at any time or any place regardless of the circumstances whenever I feel like it if I can make easy money without the government knowing to who or how much I sold it for" issue at it's core. At some point, the argument needs to be brought that individual rights weren't intended to trample over the public's right to safety.