[GregWeld]

To take a bigger picture view of what we're all really trying to wrap our heads around - pro or anti gun.... is that we would all probably agree that our schools are turning into targets. Now the question is - what can we do about it.

We all know there's many more nut jobs out there. They have access to guns - legally or illegally makes no difference to me. No laws scare them since they're suicidal nut jobs to begin with.

We guard planes - we guard banks - we're already guarding some high schools - we guard athletes at stadiums... Why rile people up and pit one group against another with more ineffective laws that stop nothing (we already have that proof - it is, after all, against the law to murder people isn't it?)... Let's just put some safety in place - which can be done TOMORROW if we'd just say that's what we're going to do for now. Then we can all calm down - have a good discussion - not a knee jerk reactionary bunch of bans - and work toward a real lasting resolution.

My sense is - even gun owners are not only appalled - but taken aback hearing how many guns are in circulation... I know I am. But I'm also a realist - knowing that just making another law that will only affect the "good guys" doesn't fix much. In fact - like some other nonsensical bills Congress has tried before (the boat tax - the fur tax etc) - will most likely result in more people being laid off.

We forget history all too quickly. My guess is England would like to take back the tax on sugar, and liquor, and tax stamps in general - that was the beginning of the Revolution (obviously there was more to this but I'm making a big picture statement here). And the Civil war was in part fought (big picture here) because the North wanted to dictate to the South regarding slavery.

We have larger problems brewing when one group starts to ride hurd over another group. This whole rich vs poor - democrats vs republicans - conservatives vs liberals... some of this stuff I think is really starting to resonate with people. That's when the nut jobs get going!