Lone gunman? I don't think so. The domestic terrorists who committed mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, along with Aurora, Tucson, Columbine and other places had many accomplices.
Those politicians who failed to require background checks and allowed the sale of semi-automatic guns with large-capacity clips have to be partly responsible. They can't deny their re-election seems to be more important than the steady recurrence of these senseless tragedies.
I am not advocating comprehensive gun control, only to reinstate the assault weapons ban that will help prevent mass murder and reduce the carnage.
President Barack Obama said, "We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."
Maybe he should immediately send a bill to Congress outlawing semiautomatic guns and large-capacity clips. In the unlikely event that it reaches a floor vote, we will at least identify which of our politicians are cowards.
Carl Freitag
Melbourne
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