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It is no
secret our elected officials in Washington are so dysfunctional that very
little gets done. Even relatively mundane bills are hard to pass.
At the heart
of the problem is the fact that we are dealing with unscrupulous people whose
sole goal is to make money no matter how many people are killed along the way. They
put their careers and getting elected above all else. They are open to the highest
bidder. For them, the ends justify the means.
FORGET ABOUT CONGRESS
It is clear
solutions to ending carnage will have to be found some place other than in the
halls of Congress. We are not going to
change policies toward guns in the U.S. Congress; Capital Hill is too corrupted
by lobbyists, the NRA, and gun manufactures, all of whom share the goal of selling
as many guns as possible—no matter what the resulting cost in human lives.
We are
going to have to look at local and state governments to make progress in
curbing gun violence. And, here there is some good news. We are also going to
have a more sophisticated approach to curbing gun violence. The solution cannot
be one size fits all. Gun laws need to reflect the needs of various
communities. For starters, I believe gun policies need to be different in rural
areas from those in metropolitan areas. That fact is also another reason why a
solution to the carnage cannot be found at the federal level.
For
example, I live in Kilmarnock, a small town in rural Virginia, where almost
everybody owns a gun and hunting is a way of life. The town council, in March 2016,
unanimously passed an amended ordinance making the discharge of a gun, rifle,
pistol or other firearm a Class 1 misdemeanor. The town council’s actions show
that we can work together to make our communities safer by trying to prevent
the reckless use of firearms. The amended ordinance also demonstrates that laws
can be passed that in no way undercut the Second Amendment. The town’s action
was a small, but significant, first step.
TO BE CONTINUED
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