It didn't take long though for the political activists to seize the opportunity
to exploit a tragedy to push their agenda.
Anyone that says that more gun control will prevent future tragedies such as this hasn't thought out their conclusions. The United States Constitution protects the right to bear arms for a reason. The People have a right to defend themselves not only against domestic terrorism, and other acts of violence against themselves or their family, but against the tyranny of government. When the government begins to erode and eradicate the rights citizens have to defend themselves, we should be very concerned.
Any criminal or criminally minded person can tell you that to perpetrate harm on others one does not need to legally purchase firearms. These laws the activists are pushing serve no purpose except to keep law-abiding citizens from purchasing firearms. Criminals can and will find guns whenever they 'need' them. Case in point: How many people are currently in prison for "Felon in possession of a firearm"? Plenty. They didn't purchase these firearms legally.
Our country has a long and storied history of jumping on the band-wagon of some ill-conceived 'protective' legislation that erodes the rights our founding-fathers designed for the free people of the United States to have.
Knee-jerk reactions to tragic events do nothing but erode the rights and privacy of free citizens and to give the government power to intrude more and more into the lives of the People.
We can't prevent every tragedy. We can, and should, try to prevent tragedies as much as we can, but limiting the right and freedoms of free citizens won't solve the problem.
Anyone that says that more gun control will prevent future tragedies such as this hasn't thought out their conclusions. The United States Constitution protects the right to bear arms for a reason. The People have a right to defend themselves not only against domestic terrorism, and other acts of violence against themselves or their family, but against the tyranny of government. When the government begins to erode and eradicate the rights citizens have to defend themselves, we should be very concerned.
Any criminal or criminally minded person can tell you that to perpetrate harm on others one does not need to legally purchase firearms. These laws the activists are pushing serve no purpose except to keep law-abiding citizens from purchasing firearms. Criminals can and will find guns whenever they 'need' them. Case in point: How many people are currently in prison for "Felon in possession of a firearm"? Plenty. They didn't purchase these firearms legally.
Our country has a long and storied history of jumping on the band-wagon of some ill-conceived 'protective' legislation that erodes the rights our founding-fathers designed for the free people of the United States to have.
Knee-jerk reactions to tragic events do nothing but erode the rights and privacy of free citizens and to give the government power to intrude more and more into the lives of the People.
We can't prevent every tragedy. We can, and should, try to prevent tragedies as much as we can, but limiting the right and freedoms of free citizens won't solve the problem.
