Today (April 19th) marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the low points in American history, the Oklahoma City bombing. This horrible act was the action of a gun rights advocate, Timothy McVeigh, partly to protest the mishandling of the David Koresh/ waco incident, and partly to assert his right to sell explosive materials to anyone who wanted them.
At the same time, musician Tim McGraw, a gun-owner, is being criticized by gun-rights fanatics for agreeing to perform at a fund-raiser for the Sandy Hook community. Like Mr.McGraw, I am a gun owner who believes that gun ownership comes with responsibility, and I believe that reasonable gun ownership regulations are not only Constitutional, but one of the reasons we, the people, form a government is to legislate the regulations needed for a "well regulated militia".
I am sure that there will always be people who take advantage of the freedoms that are part of a free society, but we do not need more Oklahoma City bombings, Sandy-Hook massacres, or more Wacos or wounded knees.
At the same time, musician Tim McGraw, a gun-owner, is being criticized by gun-rights fanatics for agreeing to perform at a fund-raiser for the Sandy Hook community. Like Mr.McGraw, I am a gun owner who believes that gun ownership comes with responsibility, and I believe that reasonable gun ownership regulations are not only Constitutional, but one of the reasons we, the people, form a government is to legislate the regulations needed for a "well regulated militia".
I am sure that there will always be people who take advantage of the freedoms that are part of a free society, but we do not need more Oklahoma City bombings, Sandy-Hook massacres, or more Wacos or wounded knees.
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