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Some rays of hope that something beneficial may come of the horror that was December 14th. Enough is enough.
That's what Senator Mark Warner, said Monday: "I had an NRA rating of an 'A.' But, you know, enough is enough. ... I'm the father of three daughters, and this weekend they all said, 'Dad ... how can this go on?' And I, like I think most of us, realize that there are ways to get to rational gun control."
In addition Joe Manchin, one of 31 senators with an "A" rating from the NRA, said Monday that the shooting "really has changed us. It's changed me.", adding "I don't know of anybody that goes hunting with an assault rifle. I don't know anybody that needs those types of multiple clips as far as ammunition in a gun,".
It appears that there is an awakening to the fact that the cost of allowing a minority to enjoy rapid fire, high capacity weapons (RFHC) is much, much too high. A bit of research reveals that the laws allowing them that privilege (no, it's not a right) are based on sabotage of the democratic process. Here's how it went down.
The NRA, formed after the civil war with noble intent, continued to focus on gun training and marksmanship until well into the 20th century. Then firearms manufacturers took interest, and by 1975 they had enough influence to back creation of the NRA sponsored Institute for Legislative Action, best known now as " the most powerful lobbying organization in the country." That power and the money that comes with it has been used to "influence" politicians and to inaccurately "educate" a gullible public that they have a right to own RFHC weapons. Those so educated have contributed huge amounts of money, which combined with support from manufacturers has made it possible to "influence" so many legislators that laws have been put on the books which support the minority's desire to own RFHC weapons to the detriment of society and against the will of the majority. Democracy is not supposed to work that way.
It appears that the complacent majority has been awakened in a tragically sad way. Those in the minority who continue to whine about losing the privilege to own RFHC weapons even though they haven't done anything wrong individually, come off looking arrogant, uniformed and selfish. Their numbers are rapidly shrinking as many realize that they are willing to live without their RFHC weapons if it means that the next time a deranged fountain of evil decides to go out in a blaze of insanity, a casualty count of 6 is much more likely than 26. You can't put a dollar value on that kind of savings.
