Stop Gun Violence

Are we Americans a responsible people? We try to do the right thing by one another, right?

So, what is this allowing our countrymen, friends, neighbors, students, and children to be victims of Gun Violence by people who have no business having guns all without doing a damned thing to curtail the slaughter. Is that responsible?

By doing nothing are we then responsible for the carnage and risk backlash from those who love lives and understand the Supreme Court Decision on Second Amendment written by Antonin Scalia states: “Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited…”. It is “…not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.”

“Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.”

“We also recognize another important limitation on the right to keep and carry arms. Miller (an earlier case) said, as we have explained, that the sorts of weapons protected were those “in common use at the time”. We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of ‘dangerous and unusual weapons.’ ”

Thus, gun ownership by all people and for all types of guns is not Constitutionally sacrosanct and a backlash could cause ownership licensing and training, just like for driving a car.

Hey gun owners, how do you feel about our people dying from guns in the wrong people’s hands? Wouldn’t it be better for you to get those guns off the street, so you may do your things, hunt, shoot and collect, responsibly?

Let’s work together to reduce Gun Violence:

Require gun violence incidents, violent behavior, restraining orders, mental health records, “no fly” lists, criminal warrants and convictions and the like to be recorded in a nationwide automated system with effective retrieval to restrict purchase of all guns by, and allow judges, if warranted, to remove guns from, people on those lists.

Require and fund a CDC study on gun violence.

Ban high-powered rapid-fire weapons, large ammunition clips, and bump stocks.

START NOW, focus on the problems responsibly, so all of us can get on with life.