think-progress:How The Gun Industry Has Systematically Thwarted Regulation And Avoided The Fate Of C
think-progress:How The Gun Industry Has Systematically Thwarted Regulation And Avoided The Fate Of CigarettesIt’s a gruesome cycle that has become all too familiar. On Friday, a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado left three people dead and nine more wounded . Despite a history that included domestic assault accusations and a restraining order against him, the shooter was able to obtain an assault weapon.Over the weekend, President Obama gave an impassioned call for action, saying, “This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal. If we truly care about this — if we’re going to offer up our thoughts and prayers again, for God knows how many times, with a truly clean conscience — then we have to do something about the easy accessibility of weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business wielding them. Period. Enough is enough.” -- source link