Too Much Of A Bad Thing.

       Here's the argument of the day on gun control. "There are already so many guns out there that it's too late to do anything. Any new laws would be unenforceable." Really? Do you believe that? So if there are too many murderers, we shouldn't even try to stop them from killing? If an enemy has too many soldiers, we shouldn't try to stop them from invading us?
       I strongly believe in the second amendment to the Constitution, but that doesn't mean I think anything goes. I also strongly believe that we need to outlaw assault weapons and large capacity magazines and armor piercing ammunition. Then let time begin to weed out the undesirable weapons through incentives and purchases or buy-backs.
       Just because there's a lot of something that is bad or used badly, is not a reason to allow more of that something. But rather it's time to begin to look to ways of ending the danger. Should I or my neighbor be allowed to hunt or target shoot or protect ourselves? Of course. But not indiscriminately. Just as each of these activities need to be limited, so do the weapons used.
       That's why we aren't allowed to own tanks, or shoot squirrels in town or target shoot at the neighbors house. And that's why we need to have specific types of firearms banned when we see them being used in illegal ways far too often. We had an assault weapons ban in the past and despite lies to the contrary, it worked.
       If you have a strong urge to use one of these things, join the military. If you're too old for the military, grow up. We don't need you to be ready to fight and kill the government with assault weapons. Do it with your vote, at the ballet box. If you loose the vote, you need to rethink your views.