20 elementary school children plus 6 adults shot dead by a guy with a gun

Aussies:

IMHO this is one of those American issues that extreme right wing special interests have totally screwed up. 20 little kids got shot and the Right wing immediately goes to the constitution.

A couple of suggestions.

Since this issue has already hit the supreme court and it relies on Right Wing "original" theory in its right wing majority...apply the original application of the word gun.

300 years ago Americans had muskets. Provide all Americans the right to own muskets. That is in compliance with both "original" language and you don't need to interpret squat.

As to assault weapons, and rapid fire weapons, etc they didn't have that stuff when the constitution was written. Deal with it today.

Meanwhile they didn't have psychiatrists and shrinks back then. When people were seen as weird or different they got the Scarlet Letter. Read the book.

Today we have nuts and dangerous people. Make it harder to qualify to buy guns. Don't make it easier than getting a coke at a 7-11. Back when the constitution was written they didn't have shrinks, diagnosed nut cases, cokes or 7-11. Deal with it today.

The right wing and the gun lobby have taken this issue off the board. You can't deal with it in the US. Meanwhile in states like Florida some scum bag pols sucking up to the gun lobby passed a law that said children's docs, pediatricians can't warn parents about locking up guns. I'm pretty sure that law was ruled unconstitutional as a violation of free speech.

But having the right wing special interests effectively moved the issue so it can't be even discussed they now push the issue to turning guns into something sacrosanct like the stupid Florida law.

Its time to change that balance of rights and discussions. 20 little kids in a school got shot by a nut with a rapid fire weapon that wasn't available 300 years ago.

Seriously, for all we know the NRA is probably having a picnic.

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