Does anyone feel there is not enough gun violence in the country today?
But what do we do about it? Liberals hate the NRA; gun groups and the NRA refuse to cooperate with any gun control.
There are four major reasons for gun violence: (1.) criminals (2.) crazy people (3.) careless people and (4.) incompetent people. None of them are protected by the Second Amendment, which is about a well-regulated militia.
Criminals using guns must be controlled by law enforcement. Stop-and-frisk should be a legitimate tactic in getting illegal guns off the street.
Crazy people should not have guns. Mental health authorities should have the right to identify unstable people who should be legally barred from gun ownership or gun use.
Careless people leave guns around to be stolen or misused. The Newtown killer got his guns this way. Organized training and testing should teach gun safety for all legitimate users.
Incompetent people do not know how to use guns properly. The NRA and other gun groups should train and screen gun users to ensure competency, with a test at the end of the process.
Law enforcement must move on illegal guns; mental health must identify those too unstable to have access to guns; the NRA and organized gun groups must ensure that legal gun users are conscientious and competent to handle dangerous forearms. Until all parts of the puzzle are in place, the violence will keep eating away at the public life of this country.
DALE ORDES
Ballston Spa