There are no easy answers, but there are none when discussion fails. There are no "sides" in this, merely the indifference to act. It is past time for our elected politicians to drop the "I need to keep my voters fat-n-happy" attitude and speak of this epidemic, at least to each other.

Yes, he put me, my late wife, my three children and my grandson in his manifest. I don’t much like that.

As it stands, America is slowly PCing its path to the grave. Open, plan, clear talk is needed. As I type, a striking majority of Americans are open to weapons background checks, but our senators seem to think the voting population is too lazy to put in the effort at the polls to win. That striking majority, according to the political talking heads this morning, is above 80 percent.

I do not see how a mental background check to keep weapons out of the hands of nut-jobs in any way infringes on the original intent of the 2nd Amendment. The “well regulated Militia” is here in our militaries. The “…right of the people to keep and bear Arms…” was written for a different people of a different place and a different time. We are here and now.

Things change, always do.

A right to bear arms does not mean a requirement to bear arms, but do I and my family now need to purchase firearms just to survive living in our own country, to step outside and greet a neighbor, to check the mailbox?

For those who may require a reference:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

This amendment, misused, is simply a stupid person’s license to kill. That stupid person with a gun simply needs to be disarmed.

Not a solution, but it's a step. A true solution is far too complicated to imagine, even for the august company I have found at this site, but no solution is ever found without someone taking that first step.