10-04-2017, 12:25 AM
I hope President Trump makes a respectful statement when he visits Vegas tomorrow -- no boasting and asking victims for kudos for his support or anything like that. Watching and listening to him in Puerto Rico today was painful.
What I really hope Trump does though is buck the NRA stranglehold and go back to the position he held on gun policy before he ran for president. He does 180s sometimes, so it's possible (not that I'm betting on it).
It's highly doubtful the Vegas shooter would have been able to kill so many people without the bump stocks increasing the speed of firing on his semi-automatics. And, he probably could have killed more people if the sound of bullets spraying had been less detectable. So, to me, even if Trump did nothing but pressure Congress to take a legal stand against bump stocks and silencers, it would be a step in the right direction. I don't think civilians need those for any defense or non-criminal reasons and there's no Second Amendment protection attached to them.
No expectations that this terrible mass shooting will spur rational change, big or small.......I'm just wishing.
What I really hope Trump does though is buck the NRA stranglehold and go back to the position he held on gun policy before he ran for president. He does 180s sometimes, so it's possible (not that I'm betting on it).
It's highly doubtful the Vegas shooter would have been able to kill so many people without the bump stocks increasing the speed of firing on his semi-automatics. And, he probably could have killed more people if the sound of bullets spraying had been less detectable. So, to me, even if Trump did nothing but pressure Congress to take a legal stand against bump stocks and silencers, it would be a step in the right direction. I don't think civilians need those for any defense or non-criminal reasons and there's no Second Amendment protection attached to them.
No expectations that this terrible mass shooting will spur rational change, big or small.......I'm just wishing.