Once again the individual’s right to bear arms has been called into question given recent events in Aurora, Col., and Milwaukee. Once again wholly innocent lives have been taken, by individuals who obtained guns and ammunition legally. The resulting massacres occurred in a movie theater and home of worship, places usually assumed to be safe.
One has to wonder how high the body counts have to climb across the nation before our politicians will act. We have had incidents on college campuses, public high schools, and street-corner political rallies, in addition to the movie theater and house of worship. In almost every instance, the weapons used were obtained lawfully by persons with little or no criminal record history. They were able to obtain numerous semi-automatic weapons with the capacity to discharge a large number of rounds in seconds. They were also able to purchase huge amounts of ammunition without any questions being asked (6,000 rounds over the Internet by the Aurora suspect).
