From The Hill: “While
Jackson Lee said she would not take guns away from people, she noted that she
is the sponsor of legislation, H.R. 227. That bill would raise the eligibility
to carry a handgun from 18 to 21 and ban people under 21 from possessing
semiautomatic assault weapons.”
Editor’s
notes:
First thoughts:
if you are a “regular” to this blog, and 48,000
out of 112,000 of you are, you
know what I think of Sheila Jackson Lee.
But whatever, her proposed
legislation, above, is something that I fully and
enthusiastically support. In fact, I am fine with raising the age for the
ownership of any weapon with self-loading potential (i.e. a gun clip) to 26
years of age. I don’t care about the
concealed carry part of the legislation. That has never been a part of the
problem. I don’t think any of these
killers had a carry permit.
Of course, probably
none of these killers bought their weapons,
either. So, maybe,
this kind of legislation will do nothing, since it does not address the problem at any
level, no?
On Second thought:
Dang. It sure sounded
good at first glance and Sheila Jackson really is trying to do the right
thing, in this case.
Look, in the
end, we simply have to change the
culture (violent videos, etc.) and keep these people from getting into our
schools.
Try getting into a county library. The windows are well off the ground, in many cases, and metal detectors are at ever entrance.
In the end, there are
no quick fixes, but we do need to make
some very real systemic (read “existential”) changes.
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