Lying is normal in politics. But deliberately whipping up potentially violent resistance to things that are not even being considered is just frankly criminal, as an uninvolved outside observer it seems quite clear to me which side is willing to use threats of violence and risk civil unrest to achieve their political goals.
Sensible legislation restricting the sale of assault rifles, or making some effort to ensure the gun owner is actually a sane and responsible person are not a threat to anyone's rights, they are just the normal controls that anyone with a real interest in their nations well being should support.
Having said that, I also recognise that gun ownership in the US has already gone way past the point where any controls can be remotely effective and that your population knows this and is justifiably scared. There is no way back and history teaches us that it is probably only a matter of time before your nation dissolves into a highly destructive civil conflict. Preventing this should be everyone's real main concern.
The facts are simple, a man has murdered an innocent man and kidnapped a small child. The second crime is the one that convinces me that he is unfit to live, whatever the reasons he may think he has for doing it.Man, you just plain have not seen the facts
