Most every news story about the Santa Barbara shootings from May 23,
talk about the “madman” killer. That’s a tragic smokescreen for all of us
to hide behind. What concerns me are the people, our political leaders,
apparently “sane,” who continue to do nothing courageous to end, and
therefore perpetuate, the wave of deaths across this nation. According to
the Gun Violence Archive, over 4,100 people in the U.S. have died by
firearms since the beginning of 2014. And Michael Waldman, author of
THE SECOND AMENDMENT, over the last thirty years the 2nd Amendment
has “re-surfaced” as an “individual” right rather than it’s original purpose which
was to establish an armed militia to protect a new nation. It is time for a 21st
century re-interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. The NRA and those they own,
like “Joe, the plumber” who posted: “..your dead child doesn’t trump my
constitutional rights…,” is a horrific example of an “insane” understand of the 2nd Amendment.
The NRA and those they own, from my city council here in Wichita to President
Obama need to learn a 21st century interpretation of constitutional law. The
NRA and those they own, like CNN, MSNBC, and the mainstream media need
to find and include voices who articulately and calmly speak the truth about
the 2nd Amendment, how it is tragically misused and mangled, literally, to
death.