I know Republicans get all teary-eyed contemplating the Second Amendment and the fallacy that the "snowflake" liberal Democrats will seize the hunting rifles from all of the law-abiding patriots who elect them every year.
I agree with Roy Whiple’s letter putting the blame on the individual shooter, rather on the guns themselves. However, his contention to absolve the NRA of any responsibility in these tragic consequences is a fatal mistake.
His own words reference ”federal, state, and local authorities stop dropping the ball and start enforcing maximum penalties ...” as a step in the right direction. How do you think all those ‘ball droppers" came into power? In the 2016 election cycle, the NRA donated $5.9 million to elect Republicans, and a measly $106,000 went to Democrats. Another poll showed that of the 302 Republican representatives in Congress, 286 of them got campaign donations from the NRA, as opposed to only three Democrats.
If you seriously want to change the laws — to protect our schools — we need to elect people who have the guts to fight the NRA and outlaw assault rifles. Remember that the next time you’re in the voting booth. Take off your Faux News blinders and take a critical look at how your majority “Republican government” is ruining this country — one scandal and stupid decision after another.
Nobody needs a 30-shot magazine — or an assault rifle -- unless you’re in the zombie apocalypse.
Thomas M. Finch, Aliquippa