Gun culture is insane
At last, some brave members of Congress who were disgusted with inaction to put some minimal control on gun purchases took action with their sit-in last week.
They may have been breaking some procedural rules by holding the sit-in, but they are speaking for constituents like me who are sick and tired of seeing people gunned down every day and every place imaginable – schools, basketball courts, parks, porches, backyards and houses.
Of course, people identified as terrorists should not be allowed to buy guns, and neither should the mentally ill. I am convinced some shooters identify themselves as being with ISIS to justify their need to kill lots of people for fame and glory, and they don’t really care if someone they are shooting at has a gun. They will kill as many people as they can anyway. They want to die.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was elected to protect his constituents, so he should do something about this insane gun culture in our country. He seems to ignore the first part of the Second Amendment, which mentions “a well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state.” Giving guns and licenses to anyone who goes into a store, flea market or gun show does not seem to be well-regulated anything.
Mary Lou Burger
Washington