We do not wish to see more parents and communities suffer as we've suffered in Columbine, Paducah, Jonesboro, Pearl and Springfield. It could happen again if Americans don't take bold action right now. Americans must face the fact that we have by far the largest per capita rate of gun ownership in the free world. The number of people killed by guns is immensely higher than that of the free world. This is no coincidence.
Any reasonable person understands there is a connection.
We've seen a dangerous proliferation of guns in this country, yet we are all now told the solution is concealed weapons. The NRA deserves credit as a promoter of gun safety and representative of hunters. But it and other gun organizations deserve our condemnation for their relentless promotion of all types of guns regardless of their dangerousness. Va. He was arrested for refusing to leave. For years the NRA has told us that if we just locked up our criminals, we'd be safe.