So Now What?
So now what? Fuming last night, my husband said, "Everyone's so worried about gun control. Then you have this. What's the point of worrying about guns when a lunatic can do this." I've been thinking about it. And, to me, it all comes back to the availability of materials that can kill. It's true, we're never going to be able to legislate mental illness, or those who want to kill. And they will always be around. I suppose guns rights activists, dare I say it, are right. If someone wants to massacre, they'll find a way to do it. But do we have to make it so easy for them? This morning it was reported that even the slim background check legislation is in danger of failing, as more Republicans are now saying they will oppose it. So really, how far have we come? I was naive thinking Newtown would change minds. It's scary to me how very little the brutal killing of 20 innocent children has changed minds. I truly believed, again...