Armed Americans put case to keep guns | India Gazette

Armed Americans put case to keep guns

(Op-ed) Martha Rosenburg Tuesday 19th February, 2008

On February 1, less than a year after the Virginia Tech shootings, survivors and their families converged on the Capitol in Richmond for a 'die in' to urge Virginia lawmakers to close the no background-check gun show loophole.

Little did they expect a counter demonstration of 400 armed gun enthusiasts actually taunting them with phrases like, 'Y'all must be the ones who weren't armed,' especially hurtful to Yvette Griffin of Hampton whose only son was killed by gun violence.

P.S. The background check bill failed in the Virginia legislature.

In a Valentine’s Day speech to a group of Republican women in Florida, Glen Caroline, director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, embraced the holiday metaphor, warning that 'an anti-gun president in the White House can do a lot to drive a stake through the heart of the Second Amendment.'

Between the two events, there were four mass shootings in the nation and 20 left dead.

The gun lobby contends that existing gun laws are adequate and criminals don’t procure guns legally, anyway. Why should we make it harder for law abiding gun owners, also known as the 'good guys', to defend themselves?

Unfortunately Dekalb shooter Stephen Phillip Kazmierczak and Baton Rouge shooter Latina Williams were legal gun owners.

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