How about real solutions?

This is a question to you who think honest gun owners should be forced by law to give up their sport, their collections, their hunting, the protection of their families and their freedom. What is the real purpose of making a war against 80 million of your fellow citizens? If you really want to reduce gun violence, it seems we would all be better served if we went after the miniscule number of gun owners who commit crimes.

When Mothers Against Drunk Driving attacked the carnage of violence on our highways, did they go after the companies who make alcohol or cars? Of course not. They went after the people who misused these legal products. And, boy, did it work.

Why do we have armed people guarding our money in banks, but no one guarding our kids in school? Do we value our kids less than our money? Why not let capable, responsible teachers carry concealed handguns at school?

I can almost hear some of you thinking, “Is he nuts? Teachers with guns?” Absolutely. What do you think would have happened at Columbine High School if the teachers had been armed? How long would it have lasted? How many would have been killed? Would those two punks have even tried it if they knew some of their intended victims were armed? Mass shooters are cowards. Why do you think these shootings never happen at NRA meetings or morning roll call at police stations?

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