Stop The Insanity

Hi Everyone,

The 7/21 horrendous massacre in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado should have never, ever have happened. What I am about to say will anger many people, but it needs to be said again and again until the situation is corrected.

So I have some questions. Why is it still legal to purchase an AR-15 assault rifle? Why is it also still legal to be able to buy: military smoke canisters, bullet proof vests, thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition in one purchase, Kevlar helmets and neck and groin protection? Let's start with the rifle first. Doesn't just the name of it suggest what it is used for? An AR-15 assault rifle is made to kill people. Who takes an AR-15 or AK-47 rifle hunting? No one. Its sole purpose is to kill and injure as many people as possible in a short period of time. Additionally, why do law abiding people need body armor protection. For protection while they are hunting animals who don't have guns? I think not. Body armor has only one use and that is for protection from bullets flying at you. In my wildest imagination, I never thought someone could purchase thousands of bullets at once.

Even though background checks are mandatory that all dealers must do prior to selling any firearms, that doesn't prevent a law abiding person from doing something like what happened in Aurora. FYI,  private owners are legally allowed to sell any type of firearms to another person. So how is it possible to buy all this stuff? Well you can thank, take your pick: the 2nd amendment, the NRA and the U.S. Supreme Court for allowing this to continue. Someone along the line, this country has confused the right to bear arms with the supposed right to bear assault weapons that are used to kill people. When will this insanity end?

I was hoping that President Obama and or Mitt Romney would say something about this problem. They both acknowledged the tragic incident, but both of them failed to say one word about opening up dialogue regarding banning assault weapons. Both are obviously afraid of what the NRA would do to them in this election year. I just don't understand why it is so important that people should be able to own assault weaponry? That makes no sense to me. Why aren't people screaming out their windows that they are mad as hell and they aren't going to take this anymore?!

This issue should not be a political issue, but yet it is, unfortunately thanks to the NRA and a lot of republican backers. But I suppose it always will be a political issue. My common sense solution is simple and straight forward: make it illegal to purchase and or own any type of assault weapon that has the ability to shoot multiple rounds while holding the trigger. I would also make it illegal to purchase any type of body armor protection - period. Additionally, there must be some kind of limit in the amount of bullets one buys. There should also be a ban making it illegal to post anything online about how to make any kind of explosives. Until something is done about assault weapons, we should not be surprised when unfortunately another Aurora occurs. STOP THIS INSANITY!

Til next week.

Peter