Won't Happen!

Two mass shootings in a week.  Another "Only in America" headline.  And immediately, there is a chorus of voices calling for gun control.  They range from little things, like background checks, to really important measures like getting rid of assault weapons.

Seems like we've heard this song before.  For decades, common sense has argued that we do something, anything, to slow down this ongoing carnage.  And for decades common sense has been defeated by the gun lobby.

In the olden days, pre 2012, I had hope that the good guys would win.  But my hope turned to despair after the Sandy Hook massacre.  If killing 20 little kids wasn't enough to move politicians into action, nothing was going to do it. 

And it wasn't enough.  20 dead innocents senselessly slaughtered wasn't enough.  Cries of anguish yielded nothing.  So what will happen now, with 18 dead in Atlanta and Boulder?  Nothing.  Sorry to say it, but the gun people will win again.  

Gun control in this land of ours?  Won't Happen!