Protecting Our Rights to Protect Our Children

Everyone should be appalled at the killings which occurred in Connecticut yesterday. There is nothing more evil than a person who would harm innocent children - whether out of hate for an individual or group, or for an ideology. A prayer for the victims and mourning families is the appropriate first response.  The second response should be to make sure it never happens again.
There is no question that firearms were involved. We will all learn more about the types of weapons, how they were used, and when and where they were purchased.  But less than 24 hours after the attack on the kindergarten class the battle lines for the fight over gun control and gun rights are being drawn. The mayors of New York, Boston, Seattle, and the Governor of New York are demanding national level action from the President to implement control over guns. Film maker Michael Moore was quoted in a tweet of “The NRA hates freedom. They don’t want you to have the freedom to send your children to school & expect them to come home alive.”  President Obama’s tearful press conference yesterday signaled his emotional intent to support any and all measures to take guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens. (Read More)