Public Comment

How many deaths are more needed to have stricter gun control law?

By Romila Khanna
Friday June 24, 2016 - 11:11:00 AM

When will Congress stop obliging the NRA? Can Congress talking endlessly about the Second Amendment save the public from gun violence? It seems that NRA and its money has persuaded Congress to make laws which hurt communities but help the NRA. Members of Congress have verbal sympathy for families targeted by gunners but they do not seem to hear the crying of those who have directly experienced the loss of loved ones. 

Each time gun-related deaths happen, our legislative branch rushes to save the second amendment right to bear arms. Why do they show special favor to the National Rifle Association? 

Is there a way to bring a life back once it has been taken? 

We are losing our humanity as we accept fear as more important than fellow feeling. If we want to live in a safe and healthy environment we should extend the practice of kindness to our neighbors instead of buying more guns. We need to think of other ways to feel protected rather than through gun mania.