Michael1942's Blog

The NRA’s   recent media blurb that included the statement about the Presidents security that covers him and his family is at once ludicrous and possibly racist. The President’s family is automatically covered by secret service the same as previous occupants.   The President has not said anything about changing the 2nd amendment or adding any new laws aside from improving current laws over the transactions which are  done between individuals, not Licensed dealers. There is nothing wrong with protecting 2nd amendment rights but  do it  the right way! To go on the attack as the NRA has done all through the previous Presidential campaigns  and the most recent is at once a bit off base and again possibly Racist. The president has put forth proposals for Congress to consider and cannot make or amend any laws, that is all up to the congress (which the NRA does or appears to own). The knee jerk actions of the NRA is indicative of an outdated  mindset. Being an owner of firearms myself, I fully understand the reasoning behind the Presidents proposals and know that something positive has to be done to curtail the use of high volume weapons by people who are not mentally capable of rational thought. There has been no mention of taking any guns from anyone, all that has been said is that there needs to be stronger laws or enforcement of existing ones to hopefully prevent these weapons from getting into the wrong hands. Each state has its own firearms laws on the books and nothing has been proposed that would take those laws out of play, the main thrust is simply to prevent the ownership and availability of these high capacity weapons to unstable people.