The Elephant in the Room

Yesterday’s tragic shooting at Trump and the supporters who were hit is not the way we solve public discourse. I am thankful that so far everyone has said the obvious, “We condemn political violence.”

Biden has called for us to bring the temperature down. I pray that everyone does that and it comes from all sides.

What I have not heard is any talk about why anyone needs a rifle powerful enough to shoot 400 yards with great precision. The 20 year old shooter apparently had his father AR style weapon.

I have long been an advocate for gun control. Other countries do not have these kinds of shootings as they have common sense gun laws. We have an out of control number of mass shootings growing every year.

I hear from friends abroad who say they won’t come to the US for vacation because they think it is too dangerous. I can’t blame them when we have a mass shooting on average more than one per day. Averaging over 500 per year.

Now that Trump has been shot at and hit by an AR style weapon, I wonder if his stance on these military style guns will change? You can’t hunt with them, unless you are hunting people.

When will we ever have the guts to change this in America?