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Enough is Enough! Our Leaders Must Act
Saturday's murder of three police officers by a killer wielding an assault rifle in Pittsburgh, following Friday's tragic shooting in Binghamton, New York that left 13 dead and four others injured are the latest in an epidemic of mass shootings in America. We have witnessed major shootings in senior centers, churches, high schools, colleges, and workplaces. Over and over Congress opts to do nothing while the body count continues to rise. What horrendous shooting will it take for our leaders to act or does Congress know no bounds to the bloodletting because it has been cowed by the gun lobby?
The Congress and the White House must act to protect our families and communities from gun violence. Our weak, nearly non-existent, gun laws at the national level contribute to this loss of innocent life. Enforcing those laws alone will not solve the problem. There is much more we can do. For example, we can pass common sense gun laws that require Brady criminal background checks on all gun sales, including those at gun shows; limit the bulk sale of guns that feed illegal gun trafficking; and keep military-style assault weapons with high capacity ammunition magazines off our streets.
Why do I get this feeling that the Brady Campaign gets some of the money from the 'cost' of a background check? This just seems like the only logical explanation to them always pushing for more background checks. It doesn't deter violence in any way because if you get your background check, AND THEN go postal, then the background check was meaningless, right? Or maybe they must think that a BACKground check can tell the future. Please enlighten me.
Damian