As a friend semi-sarcastically posted this morning, "I think we can all agree that the shooting was bad." We all have heavy hearts for those victims and their families in Las Vegas. We should be able to say, "That goes without saying," yet we all feel compelled and responsible to still say it.
But shouldn't we all also be sending condolences to the American people at large? We have had so many opportunities to curb this kind of incident through levels of control and legislation that would keep the weapons this man used out of the hands of people like this man. This is an incident where more guns would not have prevented this or made it any less tragic. This is an incident where this man could have been identified for amassing weapons and ammunition if proper registration and tracking processes were in place. This is an incident where this man could have possibly been identified if Donald Trump had not repealed a rule to block sales from people with certain mental illnesses.
No one, and I mean NO ONE, has ever come forward with legislation to revoke all guns from all people and repeal the Second Amendment. That has never happened, and it never will. But reasonable people want reasonable laws passed so that these tools of death and destruction (that is their sole purpose) can be regulated to minimize this kind of incident as much as possible. It is time for courageous people to stand up and make necessary laws to protect us as citizens.
So I send my condolences to those in Las Vegas, but I also send them to the rest of us across the United States of America, because unless something is done to curb this violent nonsense we will probably be next.
