Well, after the events of the recent sad days in Colorado,
we’ve all possibly learned a number of things, some of which I wish, oh how I
wish, were not true.
We now know that all sorts of body armor are easily
available on the Internet without oversight or explanation. We now know that incredible amounts of
ammunition are easily available on the Internet without oversight or
explanation. And thanks to an excellent
undercover piece by Jeff Rossen with NBC (an undercover piece, by the way, that
was already completed before the events of Aurora, Colorado), it is apparent
that all sorts of weapons are available on the Internet without oversight or
explanation. Including, by the way, a 50-caliber
sniper rifle that fires ammunition that can take down helicopters. Anyone who is interested in the segment can
find it on the Rossen Reports site via MSNBC.
And by the way, these sales are legal.
The sellers who were encountered during this particular
report were asked why they were selling such weapons, and they simply responded
they were doing it for the money. Well,
how can we condemn these sellers when we don’t condemn the manufacturers who do
not exercise control, the gun clubs who support such availability, and let us
not forget the members of the United States Congress who refuse to propose laws
for reasonable bans, such as automatic and assault weapons, perhaps because
they are fanatic gun enthusiasts but more likely because of the money and influence of gun manufacturers and associations.
This is a free country and a great country and most of us
cherish and defend the freedoms we have inherited from our forefathers. But someone someday will perhaps be able to
explain to me how not being able to own a weapon that would pierce armor and
take down helicopters would infringe on our right to bear arms.
And there is this one other thing. How can the members of the gun associations,
the gun manufacturers, their lobbyists, and the voters and the members of
Congress who support them all possibly know whether or not next time it will be
their loved ones under fire?
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