@To-Whose-Benefit? Thank you for posting that article. It burns me up that Democrats couldn't wait until the bodies were cold before they started whining about guns. Yesterday, Dems in the House wouldn't even observe a moment of silence for the victims. They don't really care about the victims. All they care about is taking away our Second Amendment rights. More government control of our lives. But what did government do to prevent or even mitigate this tragedy? We have gun control laws in place. We are supposed to have governmental agencies sharing information so that an informed decision can be made as to whether a person should have a gun. But because government can't or won't share information, a madman with a long history of violent behavior was able to purchase firearms. So how did gun control already in place prevent this tragedy?
This is a guy who shouldn't have even been out on the street. With each violent act, he had been given a slap on the wrist. Maybe a citation, maybe minimal jail time. Why? Because each jurisdiction where Kelley's violent acts occurred never knew about his past violent history or if they did, they never considered that history. They would just look at the present case before them and give the guy the minimum punishment.
And what about that argument that we should wait for law enforcement to handle a crime? Well, Kelley had some high-powered firearms and plenty of time to mow down people with them before law enforcement could even be made aware of the carnage. A neighbor with his own firearm rushed over and engaged Kelley, but by then so many people had been killed or wounded. Perhaps had someone in that church been armed, the toll of dead or wounded would have been lessened.
But none of these knucklehead liberals see the big picture because they don't want to. They have been eager to trash the Second Amendment because, if they are ever able to rid us of our right to bear arms, it will be so much easier to take away all of our other rights as well. Everything they do is geared toward government control and dumbing down the populace to make it easier to control.
While I believe that there is little difference between Democrats and Republicans these days, the Republicans have, at least so far, defended us against the onslaught by Dems against our Second Amendment rights. But if Republicans don't get their act together and keep the promises they made to the voters, I can see them losing both houses of congress and maybe even the presidency in 2020. If that happens, you can be sure the Dems will put abolishment of the Second Amendment high n on their list of priorities and it will go through. Then you can say goodbye to your firearms and the freedoms we have long enjoyed.
