How can they - again and again - attempt to justify the unjustifiable? To claim that they are safer exercising their right to bear arms. America's gun control legislation - or lack of gun control legislation - is again to blame for a mass shooting on American soil. Not religion, not extremism, not hatred, not mental illness. All implicated, yes, but all underpinned by the ready and easy access to lethal weapons. What stands at the root of all blame? Guns. Just guns. Another mass execution has happened. In Florida, this time. It will happen again. Somewhere else. And again. In another place. And again. Over and over. It will continue until politicians muscle up against the NRA and call an end to laws that put lethal weapons in the hands of American citizens. Yes - American citizens. Americans killing each other. Because their interpretation of the Second Amendment says they can carry arms. It is their right, as written by the founding fathers, to do so. Written at a time when ...
Stories and musings on life composed while walking the dog. Plus the odd rant.