Good morning, “THE INSANITY MUST STOP!!!!” So begins the email I received Wednesday morning from Brad Mindlin, regarding the latest in a spate of mass killing in America, this time of defenseless children and their teacher, after the perpetrator shot his grandfather
Among the critical questions that must be asked of every Republican lawmaker is some form of the following questions: “Are you saying that mental illness stops at our nation’s borders and that other (western) nations don’t have people who are mentally ill? Isn’t it true that the only difference between us and these other nations is that they don’t allow anyone to walk into a store and buy a gun, especially not an assault weapon? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that if we enacted laws like Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan and other industrialized nations that our gun violence would be reduced?
Among the critical questions that must be asked of every Republican lawmaker is some form of the following questions: “Are you saying that mental illness stops at our nation’s borders and that other (western) nations don’t have people who are mentally ill? Isn’t it true that the only difference between us and these other nations is that they don’t allow anyone to walk into a store and buy a gun, especially not an assault weapon? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that if we enacted laws like Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan and other industrialized nations that our gun violence would be reduced?