A-R wrote:I hate to think this much less post it, but from the vibe I'm getting reading FB posts from folks who typically don't care about the gun issue either way (or are even slighly pro gun) this could be THE ONE - the tragedy that pushes the gun control agenda back to the forefront. It happened in England. It happened in Australia. It happened to a degree here (1994 AWB following 1991 Killeen mass murder, amongst others).
I hope I'm wrong and just misreading the tea leaves as they blow hard from the emotional wind of this tragedy. But this one seems different somehow in the way people are reacting - like they're finally fed up. The child victims are likely what does it to people (in some ways, can't say I blame them - nothing more horrific than a dead child).
Yesterday, renewal of AWB seemed unlikely. Today, I dunno. The way people are reacting emotionally to this - and the anti-gun lobby's certainty to "never let a tragedy go to waste", I'm even wondering if an AWB with no grandfathering (turn 'em all in or become a Federal criminal) might be possible with regards to so-called "assault weapons".
Again, I hope I'm wrong and just over-reacting to the reaction I've read so far. But this one seems different.
What reaction are y'all seeing from those who're not the usual anti-gun suspects?
I haven't seen any anti-gun rhetoric from anybody... yet.
From what I hear, he did not have assault weapons. Sounds like he had two hand-guns. This could help, or hurt, difficult to say.
While we wait for the fallout, I will continue to pray for everyone in that town. They surely are all affected by this horrific and disgusting act.