2/18/18 A Couple More School Shootings Before Congress Does Something?

    How powerful is the National Rifle Association that our Congress won't even bring up the discussion of rifles in these horrific school shootings?  They can say whatever they want to make themselves feel better, but the truth is you can kill a lot more if in a crowd you can just walk and your gun goes bang bang bang bang. versus a one shot rifle that holds 1 bullet, bang, open gun reload,then bang and repeat.  People in Congress like to say they are easier to hunt with, but no self respecting hunter is going to shoot something with multiple shots.
    I am not a fan of guns, but Boy loves them.  Because of this, I have been taken to the Lockhart shooting range a couple times.  I can see the love of the thump thump thump when someone is unloading a clip from a higher powered rifle.  I am always nervous at these places, waiting for something to go wrong and an accident happens.  For the most part, these people know what they are doing and the guns get generally respected.
    When it comes to doing something though, we can't seem to line up our priorities.  Let the fine people who like to hunt keep their expensive hunting rifles, these always seem to be bolt action, 1 shot machines.  There may be 4-5 bullets in reserve inside the gun, but they have to be loaded manually.  I kind of respect this shooter, if he can take a deer from 100-200 yards with 1 shot.  Is there a hunter that opens up a multi shot semi automatic on a deer?  or a rabbit?  How fucking pathetic, lose the camo underwear, you Sir, are no hunter.
    Same with the shotgun shooters who shoot at clay targets or go sport hunting after shitty little birds.  I've shot at clay targets and that was cool.  Still, one can only load max around 8 shots and it takes a while to reload, which makes this a not so easy people killer.  But still, the fact that the shot can spread does make it an excellent home protector
    Hand guns of all sizes, we all know are not very accurate once you get out about ten yards, so yes, they are scary, but also have the lowest likelihood of hitting you at a distance.
    This leaves the AR15 types.  These guns mimic what has been used in the last few wars.  We have all seen the banana clips that are taped together end over end to increase shooting output to about 50 rounds with the simple flip of the cartridge.  The only thing this is good for is to clear a path through humans in a crowded place.
    I saw the president was going to pin this one on the mentally challenged?  I guess that way the NRA stays happy, but then what?  There will be another one in a couple weeks.  Barely two months into the year and we are at 18 gun shootings at school campuses, I know half of these don't count as Idiots shooting at students, still if you only count the ten that do go after random kids, extrapolated for the year, we're looking at around 60 school massacres for 2018, not including all the other accidental firings and accidental discharges.  Still, the NRA will wave its hand and say "not our fault..."  And Congress will keep doing nothing.  Fucking Awesome!