Members
of Congress and their contributors are fighting fiercely for the rights of
terrorists.
Is
that too strong a statement? Well, you decide.
The
largest mass-shooting by a terrorist ever on American soil has just taken place
in Orlando. From now until EPCOT freezes over, the mention of the name of that
city will bring forth the Sunday-morning massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in the
town people used to call the Magic City. It doesn’t matter that O-town and its
surrounding area used to be known for sunshine, themeparks, waterparks, and huge
conventions. Now we hear the name “Orlando” on the news and, rather than about
the above fun things or about the tragedy of abused orcas, we knew that the
story will be about 49 innocent people gunned down at the Pulse nightclub by one
ISIS-inspired wackjob asshole.
I
am sure you will agree that it is not easy to shoot and kill 49 people and
injure dozens more without a lot of hate in one’s heart, without a lot of
planning, and without an AR-15 or other specifically designed slaughter-weapon.
Weapons
such as this were illegal in this country until about a dozen years ago. The
NRA, which has poured millions of dollars into getting those who support its
toxic and dangerous policies and ideology elected to congress, got that ban reversed,
and now, just about anybody who wants one and can slap down the cash or a
credit card, can buy one.
Make
no mistake about it: the blood of all of those victims is on the hands of the
dirtbag who committed the shootings. He planned the attach, he aimed his rifle,
he pulled the trigger.
But
those who made it so easy for him to get his weapon of slaughter are also
partly responsible. Those who sold their souls to the NRA for the purposes of
being re-elected are also guilty.
The
Second Amendment to the US Constitution, which meant so little to the founding
fathers that they could not bother to word or punctuate it correctly, or their interpretation
of same, means more to the gun-nuts than the lives of all of the many innocents
that have been slaughtered over the years in this country.
I
am not talking about doing away with the verbally-impaired amendment. Almost
nobody is advocating removing all of the guns from the nonviolent homes of this
country.
But,
there is no reason why these anyone needs an assault rifle, unless he or she is
planning on killing a whole lot of people in one spree.
That’s
now how I planned to spend my weekend. I am sure it wasn’t your idea, either.
All
right, then, join me in supporting those who want to enact sensible gun
control.
