I'd write this letter to my state and federal legislators, but they are all Republicans and not at all prone to agreeing with me; on anything. I'd write to the local paper, but this needs the kind of national attention that my blog might be able to help bring to fruition.
First, is the first four words of the 2nd Amendment, “A well regulated militia,” referring to the Militia Act of 1792. Nothing therein refers to everybody's ability to own guns. The weapons known to the 18th century militia bore no resemblance whatsoever to the center fire, semi-automatic, .223 long rifles (a.k.a., AR-15) of today.
Second, The news, and in general, media don't show the results of the gun violence, in the USA, done when shooters use the aforementioned long rifle. In my youth I saw a picture book of what the Allies found when liberating the death camps of WWII... Articles, and the accompanying photos, about events from the Vietnam War... Articles, also with explicit photographs, of the violence against African Americans in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries...
The line diagrams of the consequences of a .223, high energy, round in a human body, published in the Washington Post, didn't motivate folks to useful, preventative action against the recurring acts of violence here in the United States.
Therefore, with all the
appropriate permissions, start publishing stories (with explicit,
brutal photographs) about the results of gun violence in these United
States. Pictures and stories of the carnage, from elementary schools
to any and all of the other community venues, where said crimes are
committed need be published.
Could anybody continue to do nothing in the face of such, well documented, horror?
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