The truth is that the shooter in Newtown had guns that belonged to his mother. They were obtained legally. A ban on assault weapons would not have made any difference since the main weapons used were hand guns. But the same folks who always come out to argue about gun control are at it again.
Don't get me wrong. I do not oppose reasonable controls on the sale of assault weapons. No one needs such a weapon for hunting or for protection. I just think that it is ridiculous that the politicians around here feel that it is necessary to trot this idea out again to show that they are "doing something" about the tragedy.
The truth here is simple. There was something wrong with the guy who murdered all these people. Maybe we will find out some day exactly what his problem was and why he did this, but I doubt it. It seems right now that there was no obvious warning that this mess was coming. It just happened. It was terrible. It was horrible. There was no law that could have stopped it ahead of time. It just happened.
Maybe it would be better if the governor and the president just said as much.
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