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Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly announce the formation of Americans for Responsible Solutions to counter the National Rifle Association in an op-ed on gun control in USA Today. They write: “This country is known for using its determination and ingenuity to solve problems, big and small. Wise policy has conquered disease, protected us from dangerous products and substances, and made transportation safer. But when it comes to protecting our communities from gun violence, we're not even trying — and for the worst of reasons. … Until now, the gun lobby's political contributions, advertising and lobbying have dwarfed spending from anti-gun violence groups. No longer. With Americans for Responsible Solutions engaging millions of people about ways to reduce gun violence and funding political activity nationwide, legislators will no longer have reason to fear the gun lobby.”
“The anti-illegal guns group founded by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is going on air [today] with a spot that invokes the Sandy Hook massacre and features the mother of the young girl slain in the Tuscon, Ariz., rampage two years ago urging Washington to ‘stand up to the gun lobby,’” Politico reports. “The ad, paid for by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, will go on broadcast television for a single-day buy on the two-year anniversary of the Tuscon shooting, which nearly claimed the life of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.”
Today is the two-year anniversary of the Tucson shooting.
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The one thing that I keep coming back to in this debate is that there are around 300 Million legally owned private firearms in the country, held by somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 Million individuals. There are only around 12,000 murders per year using any type of firearm. That means less than 0.004% of firearms are used to kill per year, even if you include all injuries as well (~70,000) that only brings it up to 0.003%. So the anti-gun lobby seeks to penalize tens of millions of people when a VAAASSSSSTTTTTT majority of firearms are never used illegally. If you want to get specific most of this whole "debate" focuses on "assault weapons", which are little more than dressed up hunting rifles. Only around 450 homicides are committed with a rifle, so the legislation seeks to impact tens of millions of gun owners because of the illegal use of 0.00015% of firearms. If this "common sense" legislation was applied to other areas I imagine cars, kitchen knives & baseball bats would all require background checks, misuse questioners & waiting periods far more than firearms.
The government has armed gaurds at most federal buildings and airports but they dont want us to be armed to protect ourselves except with very limited means. Im a veteran and a law abiding citizen why should I and those like me be penalized for the reckless and lawless acts of others.