Let me begin by expressing my deepest sympathies for all involved in the Boston Marathon attacks. This senseless act of terror illustrates the ugliness that is present in our world. As long as there is evil in the human heart, there will continue to be atrocities like this. There is a sickness in this world that will always be present, no amount of societal change will cure it. As long as someone has something that someone else wants, or something that someone else disapproves of, we will have acts such as these affect our society.
With that said, I pose the question: Explosives of this magnitude are illegal, are they not? That didn't stop someone from planting said explosives among a VERY LARGE group of people unseen. This act had the potential to cause a lot more pain and suffering. The government has made it very hard to obtain large explosives and yet we see the result. Did the regulations work, or fail?
As of this writing, the current gun control legislation up for consideration in the Senate in Washington, DC has failed to proceed because of lack of support. The legislation sought gun background checks for any transfer of a gun. That means even handing down a family gun would be subject to a transfer fee through a FFL (federal firearms license) holder. So just giving your son or daughter that first gun may constitute a crime if this legislation were to move forward. Kudos to the Senators that chose to vote against this reactionary legislation.
The petulant child in the White House had a press conference/ melt down for not getting his way. The majority of citizens knew this was the wrong way to go about landmark safety legislation. He keeps citing Sandy Hook when in fact, Adam Lanza wouldn't have passed a background check and this legislation would have done nothing to prevent it. He brought out families that were affected by Adam Lanza's actions but the sad fact is nothing in this bill would have prevented it. He broke the law when he killed his mother, he broke the law when he stole the guns and he had absolutely no regard for the law when he went to that school. If the Republicans lined up hundreds of families who were saved as a result of gun ownership, how would Obama react then? A mini melt down on gun control, and almost complete lack of emotion for a terrorist attack in Boston. Again, illustrating his lack of constraint when he doesn't get his own way and disregarding a terrorist attack.
That's my two cents, spend 'em or put 'em in the dish for the next person.
