Dear President Obama, You say, "It cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other...
Dear President Obama,
You say, "It cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun."
It must be this easy, unless the person is a convicted felon, or has been adjudicated to have a mental deficiency that warrants removal of his rights, because that is what the Constitution says: the government shall not infringe on that person's right to get his hands on a gun.
And speaking of that last bit ... when talking about mass shootings, please don't torture us with "him or her." It is grammatically unnecessary and jarring in normal use, but even worse in this case, where almost universally, the objects are all of one gender. It's like saying, "People who want to have a Sweet Sixteen party for themselves must consider the cost to his or her parents." Just stop it.
And also, stop trying to take away our constitutional rights. That too.
You say, "It cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun."
It must be this easy, unless the person is a convicted felon, or has been adjudicated to have a mental deficiency that warrants removal of his rights, because that is what the Constitution says: the government shall not infringe on that person's right to get his hands on a gun.
And speaking of that last bit ... when talking about mass shootings, please don't torture us with "him or her." It is grammatically unnecessary and jarring in normal use, but even worse in this case, where almost universally, the objects are all of one gender. It's like saying, "People who want to have a Sweet Sixteen party for themselves must consider the cost to his or her parents." Just stop it.
And also, stop trying to take away our constitutional rights. That too.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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