I am a gun owner for my own self-protection and that of my family. Criminals do not follow the laws when acquiring a gun. More laws will not keep criminals from owning guns. It will not stop people from killing each other. It will create an illegal black market for those items, which could increase gun crimes.
There are already laws that prevent the mentally ill from buying guns. There are also laws to prevent convicted felons from owning guns. Anyone wishing to buy a gun in a store must go through a background check.
Legal gun owners are hunters in this state. They pay a fee to get licenses to hunt. The money from those licenses goes to help pay for our children’s education. Hunting for some families is a valued part of their culture.
I do not begin to understand why anyone would want an AK-47 or a gun that shoots a hundred rounds of ammo. Those guns are not for hunting or for self-protection. Those types of guns are designed for war. At best, I can say I have friends that just like the feel of the way they shoot. You could compare it to any other extreme sport.
I do believe that gun owners should be taught how to fire a gun correctly. They should know how to load a gun. Gun owners should also know how to clean a gun and store one. Gun safety is a very important part of owning a gun. My mother taught me about guns for the age of ten up. The one piece of advice I remember most from her was “never point a gun at someone unless you are willing to take a life.”
If legislators are going to spend time in Washington debating ways to prevent mass shootings, they should look at spending bills to help the mentally ill. Medical research into what causes some people to turn to mass violent. Early warning programs in schools that help people before they cross a line would do far more to protect innocent victims of mass shootings.
Anti-bullying programs that make sure all children are treated fairly would also be a big help. Funding for programs that help schoolteachers and support staff to detect early warning signs would be very helpful in preventing mass shootings in this country. More funding for free or low cost mental healthcare would also be of help to individuals who are unstable. More laws to allow mentally ill individuals to be held in a hospital until they are safe to themselves and others.
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Abraham Lincoln
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From NPR Radio
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Unknown
"Friendship is loving someone no matter what is in their past. It is accepting the fact that they are human and that they have made their share of mistakes over a life time. Trust is being able to tell your friend the most private secret knowing that they will not judge you. A life is not lived well without that one true and trusted friendship."
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
"My job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Will Rogers
"I don't belong to an organized party--I'm a democrat."
President John F. Kennedy, Democrat
“If by a ‘liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Lora O'Brien
"All I can do is share one person's experiences on her own path, not tell you how to walk yours. If a guru is what you are looking for, find another! If I am a teacher, it is because I am already walking the path that you, Dear Reader, may wish to be on. Although each of us must make our own way, I can put up signs at least, and make the way slightly less hazardous for those who wish to walk a similar path."
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
The O'Coilean (O'Collins)
'A great host with whom it is not fortunate to contend, the battle-trooped host of the O'Coileain."
Abraham Lincoln
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
From NPR Radio
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Unknown
"Friendship is loving someone no matter what is in their past. It is accepting the fact that they are human and that they have made their share of mistakes over a life time. Trust is being able to tell your friend the most private secret knowing that they will not judge you. A life is not lived well without that one true and trusted friendship."
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
"My job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
Albert Einstein
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
Will Rogers
"I don't belong to an organized party--I'm a democrat."
President John F. Kennedy, Democrat
“If by a ‘liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people—their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties—someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal,’ then I’m proud to say I’m a ‘Liberal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Lora O'Brien
"All I can do is share one person's experiences on her own path, not tell you how to walk yours. If a guru is what you are looking for, find another! If I am a teacher, it is because I am already walking the path that you, Dear Reader, may wish to be on. Although each of us must make our own way, I can put up signs at least, and make the way slightly less hazardous for those who wish to walk a similar path."
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."
A Female Democrat
1/1/10 A new year and a number of future elections to cover. The budget will be a major issue this year and we must work hard to protect the core values of our party.