When I asked why conservatives were ready to tear down the 14th Amendment about birthright citizenship but treat the 2nd Amendment like the 11th Commandment, one man said that defending yourself is a natural right. Fair enough, but the right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose. By opposing the push to have weapons available to everyone — felons, nut cases and terrorists — I am defending myself.

Today’s America is less safe than it was decades ago because gun worshipers have helped poison our society. Sure, people kill people, but it’s a lot easier to kill lots of people with an automatic weapon, and it's happening almost weekly.

Don't tell me the solution is for me to get a gun. I didn’t need one in 1970, and the only reason I might consider it now is because of the train wreck extreme gun advocates have made of things.

Politicize mass shootings? They are politicized by those in Congress and state legislatures and by the members of the National Rifle Association, who spend every effort and every dollar to deflect reform. Blood is on their hands. The extreme sense of entitlement of NRA supporters basically says, “I want my gun rights, even if innocents have to die for them."

After our next mass shooting, I want to see whether NRA members can look at the slaughtered victims and still have the gall to tell me it’s OK.

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