What's A Life Worth?

       There was an editorial in the Washington Post today, by Eugene Robinson, that mentioned a point I  found important. He pointed out that if the Assault Weapons Ban that had been in place had not been allowed to expire, the Newtown massacre would not have killed as many children. That, even if only one life had been saved by that fact it would have been worth it to me. Perhaps not our members of Congress, but it would have been for me.
       That's a powerful statement. Just how important is a single life of a child or even an adult to you? How important is that single life to your Congressman? Do you know? Is your congressman more concerned with the lives of children or with being in the good graces of the NRA? Is his job more important to him than one child's life? Because if it is, he should not be sitting in Congress. It's too important a job for the likes of him.
       If we in this country can't be trusted to do what is right, if we can't be counted on to hold our elected officials to be accountable for the lives of our children, then we don't deserve a safe environment for ourselves either. The thing is, I know that every single one of us wants to be safe. And every single one of us wants our children to be safe. But if we allow the NRA to interpret the second amendment to the Constitution for us, then none of us will be safe.
       Imagine actually allowing the fox to guard the hen-house. The NRA speaks for gun manufacturers, not it's members, and certainly not for the three hundred million plus citizens of America. Oh, there is one more group the NRA seems to speak for, members of Congress, that's who. So ask your Congressman if he thinks his job is more important to him than the lives of children. The answer is more important than his party affiliation.