Another School Shooting in the US

[DJC]

I watched some of the coverage on CNN today, powerful stuff. But what Americans don't question, don't prioritise, is to me the number one question that should be asked. Even if we accept the second amendment concept for the right to bear arms, and if we concede that they should have the right to defend themselves with a gun, and they have the right to go out hunting defenseless animals with a gun, even if we accept all that, why do they need to do that with a semi-automatic assault rifle that is designed for one purpose only, and that is military applications to kill as many humans as possible in the shortest possible amount of time

How can you fight back against an oppressive government if you don’t have weapons that are designed to kill people?  Of course, that’s assuming that a bunch of raggedy-arsed rednecks with assault rifles and the odd machine gun can take on and defeat the most powerful army, navy and air force going around  :

It really is freaked up thinking but I think that the youth movement that has sprung up after the most recent massacre has the potential to drive change.

It’s unfortunate that the present POTUS is such a dog whistling, corrupt, populist bag of wind.  I wonder how different he’d be if he failed to avoid the draft  :-\