Hello John,   
      
   JM>Excerpt from internet article:   
      
   The NRA is silent, its web page being dark and blank.   
      
   JM>And so here we are smack in the middle of a debate frenzy over gun   
   JM>control --- and who didn't know this was where this tragedy was   
   JM>going to go as soon as the news started breaking.   
      
   Polls are showing a vast majority of Americans as being in favor   
   of stronger gun control measures than are in place now.  Gun control   
   measures such as re-imposing a ban on assault weapons.  As such, gun   
   nuts should not be surprised the NRA is silent.   
      
   JM>>Where were the first comments on gun control come from after the   
   JM>shootings?   
      
   From the parents of those school children killed in Connecticut.   
      
   JM>From liberals.   
      
   Those parents are grieving parents, not liberals or conservatives.   
      
   JM>From Democrats.   
      
   Regardless of party affiliation, all parents are concerned about   
   their children.  The NRA knows that, which is one of the reasons   
   why it is silent.   
      
   JM>You had New York Congressman Jerold Nadler, a Democrat.  Then there   
   JM>was Roger Moore ... an unidentifiable species.  Obama hinted at the   
   JM>need for more gun control legislation in his otherwise exemplary   
   JM>statement on Friday afternoon. But ... let's remember Rahm's Law:   
   JM>"Never let a good disaster go to waste."   It became clear very   
   JM>quickly that the left was going to manipulate the nation's horror   
   JM>and sadness into a quick acceptance of additional laws restricting   
   JM>the law-abiding citizen's right to own a firearm.   
      
   Nobody should have the right to own assault weapons.   
   Nobody should have the right to own clips that can hold   
   30 or 90 rounds of ammunition.  Nobody should have the   
   right to go to a gun show and walk away with the weapon   
   of their choice with no background check.  Too many   
   people, including children, have lost their lives already.   
      
   JM>Then - oddly enough - as soon as conservatives and Republicans   
   JM>stepped forward to comment on the shootings; suggesting, for   
   JM>instance, that one teacher or administrator with access to a firearm   
   JM>might have saved lives;   
      
   Arming teachers is one of the stupidest ideas of all time.   
   Teachers are not trained to use weapons.  And they certainly   
   are not not paid high enough to expect them to put their lives   
   on the line when a madman armed with enough weapons and ammo   
   to stock a small army comes their way.   
      
   Think about what would have happened had people in that movie   
   theater in Aurora, Colorado been armed.  Rather than a dozen dead   
   people, with dozens more injured, it would likely have been hundreds   
   dead and injured, as people would have been shooting each other in   
   the dark (with the gunman who started it all probably escaping with   
   nothing more than a scratch and a grin on his face).   
      
   JM>the left immediately erupted into accusations that the Republicans   
   JM>were "politicizing" this horrible tragedy.   
      
   Republicans should join with Democrats and the rest of America in   
   putting an end to the violence afflicting our nation.  They can start   
   by showing their support for re-imposing a ban on assault weapons.   
      
   JM>Jerold Nadler, Chuck Schumer, Roger Moore --- they weren't   
   JM>politicizing.  Only conservatives were doing that.   
      
   This issue is about saving lives, not scoring brownie points   
   for the NRA or gun manufacturers.  As such, when will Republicans   
   step up to the plate and do what is right?   
      
   JM>Yeah --- right.   
      
   Democrats and Independents are already stepping up to the plate.   
   Although Republicans would prefer to sit this one out, I doubt the   
   American people will let them.  Not this time.  Too many school   
   children have lost their lives, needlessly.  President Barack Obama   
   said it right in his speech the other night - "We won't tolerate   
   this any more!"   
      
   --Lee   
      
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