I agree with John Mellencamp that the political leaders of this country worry more
about the votes and their own power than doing everything possible to
make the streets, churches, and schools safe from violance. The bill that
is being passed right now proves what is more important to them. I hate
harping on the GOP but from day one they have been self serving when
it comes to stopping the violance that has become a way of life. They
appear to be more importantly geared to protecting what they deem
to be the Second Amendment. We need to once and finallyput the
Second Amendment to bed because it has nothing to do with the
private citizens owning of firearms. Can't we grow up and stop being
let around by the nose by the NRA. We need to ban assault weapons
Period. There is no reason to have these weapons and we need strict
rules when we have the number of people shot dead each year. This
country continues to back up instead of going forward. Pres. Clinton
passed a ban on assault weapons and the violence dropped 70% that
is telling number. So let's let the leaders of our country to know that
we will only vote for people who care about safety and the violence we
see every day.