How did she get a bushmaster in the first place?? I thought you had to have a class 3 lic to purchase said weapon?  I don't know if Randy is being factious or not in referencing how so many people are referring to the Bushmaster AR-15 as an Assault Rifle. While in many states it is legal to possess such a firearm(Assault Rifle), it requires that you be associated with law enforcement or have a Class 3 FFL. Other wise, it is NOT an Assault rifle.  And here in lies the problem, we have very ignorant people clamoring to regulate an industry and products in which they know nothing. "Hey, a gun is gun and I don't care". Well drugs are drugs and I don't care. We need to shoot all Drug Offenders. Marijuana is killing thousands of people. We need to regulate it more.  Drug overdoses and brain damage linked to long-term drug abuse killed an estimated 37,485 people in 2009,[ABC News]  And many of these people think that 'banning' guns is the solution. Well the 1994 gun ban proved that it will have little affect on gun violence, which is why it was allowed to expire. Now, if you are talking about a 'ban' with confiscation, how do you propose to do that, with out violating gun owners 4th and 5th Amendment rights? A buy back program? We don't have enough money to run the government let alone buy all the guns in this country. [w.michael-reese.com/blog/why-our-government-cannot-balance-the-budget.php]  We tried to outlaw alcohol many years ago, and one can easily see where that led to. So we have to figure out away to deal with DWI, because people still drive drunk. We ban guns, they will still be here, just as the booze was then, but it will be the "Gansters/ Criminals" who will control them. Don't believe me? How's that war on drugs going? They still manufacture meth, here. How hard do you think it is to make a gun? (here's a hint, I have made several, from scratch. even though they were single shot muzzle loaders, but nothing is stopping me from machining out a full auto except going to jail) All you need is a lathe and mill, and maybe a broach or two. (I have a mill and a buddy has a lathe)  So, what do we do? Violate a God given right to self defense, from Predators (remember there are people in this country who live and make a living in regions where they have to carry a sidearm to defend against bears, mt lions, wolves, not to mention Hoodlums, and maybe someday the very government.)  Up until 1934, any one in the US could order and have shipped through the USPS, a fully automatic sub-machine(Tommy Gun) or even a BAR(both were heavily used during WWII). Where were all the spree shootings then?(other than criminal gangland) It was not uncommon to walk into a hardware store and buy a case of dynamite to remove tree stumps. If easy access to deadly weapons is the measure of a deadly society, why were things like the "Bath School Disaster" not regular occurrences?  Fox has reported that the reason this guy snapped, is that he found out his mother was going through the process of having him committed, [w.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/18/fear-being-committed-may-have-caused-connecticut-madman-to-snap]  Unfortunately, our courts have determined that mentally ill individuals have the right to refuse treatment (an unintended consequence of liberal legislation following the movie One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest).  It has become a very complicated process to have someone committed, as it should be, but perhaps that process needs to be evaluated.  Now then, given that information and the lack of information about the "security" of the guns in questions, at this point it is still impossible to know how he got access to the guns involved. i.e We do not know what precautions she took, if any. I can tell you one thing that is FACT, the reporting on this incident is crap. E.G  Last night, after I saw a talking head interview (or, I should say, NOT interview) the father of the boy who saw his teacher get shot and ran for his life with a couple of friends, I told my husband, “Something is not right here. She didn’t ask a single relevant question. So far, this boy is the only eye-witness of the gunman coming forward. She didn’t ask if the boy saw one or more shooters. She didn’t ask any details of what the gunman did first, second, third. She didn’t ask for a description of the gunman. These reporters are complete prostitutes. They could care less about the feelings of the people they interview. So why didn’t she ask any of these questions?” In fact, I could tell she was biting back questions. I looked at my husband and said, “Cal, this thing is starting to stink. By now, there should be many eye-witness accounts of the actual gunman. There should be breathless survivors talking about how this guy walked by their room, etc. About how they narrowly escaped.  I am not one of those tin hat conspiracy types, but the coincidence that this guys Father and the Father of the Aurora, Co. shooter were set to testify in the LIBOR Scandal, is very intriguing.  NO, the only thing that has changed in the last 80 or so years is the Secular Progressive agenda has wove its tentacles into society. Family is irrelevant. Dads are irrelevant. Without the Father, the mothers too becomes irrelevant as they are busy earn a living, instead caring for their young. This is left to the daycare and schools. Males, especially white males, are irrelevant or even 'need' to be marginalized. Morals and Personal Responsibility are irrelevant. History is irrelevant.  My point is, since the 60's and the Progressive march toward hedonism in this country, with the rise of the welfare state, and easy divorce, discipline in this country is gone. No longer are men being raised by fathers. And how do you become a real Man, if you don't have one to show you the way? Granted it isn't always successful, but it is more successful than the alternative.  When you can prove that banning, or confiscating Automatic or Semi-automatic Arms in the UNITED STATES will successfully reduce crime and the risk of Socialist Government control, then I will relinquish my weapons. I have shown IRREFUTABLY, that access to deadly weapons is not the cause of this, nor is banning them a reasonable solution. PROVE ME WRONG.  You cannot continue to use the UK, Canada and Australia as examples. These are relatively monolithic ethnic countries, of a small population. If you wish, I can show you an equivalent population selected from regions in this country in which the crime rate, THE WHOLE CRIME RATE(murder, rape and theft) are lower than those countries. And guess what these regions have a large number of guns in them.  The liberals always seem to be claiming the "Rich Elite" and "Corporate America" are manipulating the government. But hey, your not going to rock the boat now are you? Things are going your way right? Obama is in the White House, and the ACA is the law of the land. So, if this is true then, you are doing exactly what they want. As Sam Elliot said, "You're that Special kinda Stupid, aren't you?"
President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Obama is tasking Vice President Joe Bi …