Sympathies

My sympathies go out to the people of Tucson AZ who were victim or family/friends of victims involved in the senseless shooting. Do you think it may be time to bring up gun control?

As heartbreaking as this story is, we can't be too surprised.  The shooter had an automatic weapon allowing him to pop off 9 shots before reloading.  How is this part of our "right-to-bear-arms"?  We have seen a year of violence breaking out at political rallies of fear producing messages and even our friend Ms. Palin used targets to represent the people who she needs to eliminate.  All of this hatred and violence and lack of responsibility had added to the ugliness we are faced with today.

I am not a fan of guns. However, if you are the type of person who is afraid that you or your family will be attacked in your home and if you have the moral fiber to actually shoot an intruder, fine.  Be allowed to have a gun in the house.  But an automatic rifle?  Or even more than one?  Have we seen any media promoting how fortunate a man was because he was able to shot an intruder.  Oh how essential that we all carry guns.

The political conversation in this country has turned from intellectual debate to trash talk.  Some of it unfounded, fear producing and frankly ridiculous.  When you give the general public a target, you should expect that the fringe element will respond.

Can we stop wasting so much time on who marries whom and maybe worry more who is shooting whom?