5, October 2015 Gun Control
Three years ago,
after the massacre of 20 children at a school in Newtown, Conn.,
we mistakenly
believed that our love for children’s safety would blunt the power of the N.R.A
and motivate us to action. We were wrong. With the slaughter of nine people at
an Oregon College perhaps we should open our windows and yell “we are not going
to take it anymore and we demand change”.
Do we really love
our guns more than we love our children? Thus far, our kids seem to be losing
the battle to win hearts and minds.
In 2013, efforts
by gun-control supporters, narrowly failed a sensible bill calling for universal background checks for gun purchases
– so perhaps the invincibility of the N.R.A. is gradually eroding. Sadly,
Bernie Sanders has been ambivalent on the issue mindful that he received money
from the N.R.A. He needs to reverse course and join the ‘pro-lifers’. Elizabeth
Warren and other high profile politicians need to make their views known. They should take comfort in
Terry McAuliffe’s strong stand against
the N.R.A. which did not prevent him from being elected governor of Virginia,
the N.R.A.’s home state. Michael Bloomberg has pledged $50-million to support
gun control. It is now up to the general public to break its long silence and
demand gun control legislation.
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