Sunday, Dec. 14, will mark the 12th anniversary of the Sandy Hook School shooting, which took the lives of 20 children and six adults. Having visited Newtown, Connecticut, a few months prior to the horrific shooting, my wife and I marveled at the beautiful community, never imagining that such an unspeakable event would occur there a short time later. Tragically, according to a study by the American Medical Association, there have been well over 4,000 mass shootings in our nation since 2014, a statistic that should be unacceptable to our elected leaders ... yet their inaction to pass meaningful gun safety legislation speaks volumes.
Hopefully there will be a time when legislators will, with one voice, say to the thousands of parents, families and friends who have lost loved ones by gun violence, “We care ... we hear you,” and pass bills to help reduce this terrible scourge on our nation.
Thanks for your letter, Mr. Comolli. It should be pointed out, although well-known, that California, Illinois, and New York are gun-control states yet mass shootings in those three states are among the top 10 (perhaps top 5) of states with the most instances of gun violence. It is patently (and statistically) obvious that more legislation is not the answer. Legislation penalizes only legal and responsible gun owners, not criminals.
The solution… How about Democrats stop putting the welfare of criminals and terrorists over the American people and instead, enforce the laws already on the books. Laws governing who can and who cannot own guns.
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Comolli. It should be pointed out, although well-known, that California, Illinois, and New York are gun-control states yet mass shootings in those three states are among the top 10 (perhaps top 5) of states with the most instances of gun violence. It is patently (and statistically) obvious that more legislation is not the answer. Legislation penalizes only legal and responsible gun owners, not criminals.
The solution… How about Democrats stop putting the welfare of criminals and terrorists over the American people and instead, enforce the laws already on the books. Laws governing who can and who cannot own guns.
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