President Obama is resorting to executive decision to try to tighten up gun-control loopholes. The NRA has responded by saying he is “Defying the will of the people” by bypassing Congress. Talk about calling the kettle black! All the polls, not conducted by the NRA, show the vast majority of people are in favor of tightening up gun control laws. It is, in fact, Congress that is bought and paid for by the NRA, which is defying the will of the people. The Congress is not reflective of the wishes of the people. On the contrary, it is an obstruction to what the people want.
If doing background checks on more gun sales results in even one less tragedy, is it not worth doing? I have a concealed weapons license and I didn’t find it hard to get, nor am I paranoid that the government is coming to take my guns away. I agree mandatory and tougher penalties for gun-related crimes is a better deterrent, but why are not the NRA-backed congressmen doing anything about that? We need to pass laws with mandatory sentences that judges have to impose.
John Kuntz
Marysville
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