Saturday, October 10, 2015
Another massacre, another charade - The Washington Post
I have the thought that mass killings are somewhat comparable to tornadoes.
Both can happen at random, cause devastation, and are unpreventable.
Sadly, the behavior of some people, just like Mother Nature, just cannot be controlled...
Both can happen at random, cause devastation, and are unpreventable.
Sadly, the behavior of some people, just like Mother Nature, just cannot be controlled...
In the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer opens his article with this and continues with some reality checking:
"So with the Roseburg massacre in Oregon. Within hours, President Obama takes to the microphones to furiously denounce the National Rifle Association and its ilk for resisting 'common-sense gun-safety laws.' His harangue is totally sincere, totally knee-jerk and totally pointless. At the time he delivers it, he — and we — know practically nothing about the shooter, nothing about the weapons, nothing about how they were obtained.
Nor does Obama propose any legislation. He knows none would pass. But the deeper truth is that it would have made no difference. Does anyone really believe that the (alleged) gun-show loophole had anything to do with Roseburg? Universal background checks sound wonderful. But Oregon already has one. The Roseburg shooter and his mother obtained every one of their guns legally."
