Good Morning America recently reported that the shooter in Aurora, Colorado, had an AR-15 assault rifle, which can hold upwards of 100 rounds. The last report was that more than 50 people were wounded and 12 killed. While it is true that people kill people and that guns do not shoot themselves, it is also true that this kind of mass execution would not be possible without such high-capacity weapons. How many people have to die before we ban assault weapons?
That's why I created a petition on SignOn.org to Congress and President Obama, which says:
Thanks!
–Ellen Davis
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That's why I created a petition on SignOn.org to Congress and President Obama, which says:
Congress should reinstitute the federal ban on assault weapons.
Thanks!
–Ellen Davis
This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit petition site. SignOn.org is sponsored by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of this or other petitions posted on the site. Ellen Davis didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.
It's so weird you posted this today. I was just re-reading the majority opinion in the oft-cited but little read 1934 Miller case.
ReplyDeleteI never realized the reason Miller lost was because the Court found the right to keep and bear arms was intended for weapons suitable for military use but Miller's weapon was a sawed-off shotgun and he couldn't prove it had a military application; if he had, it would have been allowed.
Single-shot AR-15 be danged - where's my fully-automatic military grade M-16!