Thursday, February 14, 2019
No Valentines At Parkland High In Florida
Today is the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at the High School in Parkland, Florida. Their congressman, Ted Deutch, who is a Bethlehem, Pa. native, is hoping that the proposal for universal background checks can pass a house vote. A proposed counter amendment, that domestic violence victims can buy a gun with no background check, shows how irrational the gun debate has become.
Being a right leaning independent, my blog audience tends conservative. Yesterday's post on molovinsky on allentown, supporting Mark Kelly for senate, illustrated the divide on this issue. Electronic background checks only take a few minutes to complete, when purchasing a gun. Although true that this measure will not prevent shootings in itself, there is no reason not to vet everyone before they purchase a lethal weapon.
As an avid supporter of the 2nd amendment, I do not buy the NRA's slippery slope argument. I believe that I can best protect my gun rights by conceding that some regulations can be rational, such as mandatory background checks.
Giffords and Kelly on Capital Hill
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I disagree. The primary rub here is that the individual citizen has to pay for the check in order to exercise a right. If the citizen was not being forced to pay then I would be willing to acquiesce, as long as the check was able to be conducted nearly instantaneously.
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