This writer believes that the hand writing is on the wall and that Trump and the Congress will support gun control measures as follows: (1) Raise the minimum age to 21 from the current 18 to purchase firearms. (2) Strengthen the laws concerning background checks and purchases. (3) Ban the sale and use of bump stocks. Trump, the republican party, the NRA and the gun lobby will all support those changes because banning assault style weapons will not be part of their plans.
Some democrats will support those three changes also but will also push for the ban on assault weapons because that is where the real problem needs to be addressed. A 21 year old is just as capable of buying and using an assault type weapon as a 18 year old so nothing changes there. Tightening gun laws will not stop the legal purchase of assault type weapons so there is no relief there and banning bump stocks which converts a rifle or gun into an automatic weapon was not used in the Florida mass school killings so it will not stop such future shootings. Bump stocks were used by the Las Vegas shooter according to police last year in the record killing of 58 people and Trump and the republican party were silent about it until now.
The NRA and gun lobby will fake their displeasure but make no mistake help write the changes congress makes like they always do. Their main interest is protecting their warped ideology that any type firearm should be allowed to be purchased and since Trump and the republican party receive the great majority of their campaign contributions, the NRA and gun lobby will be satisfied with the changes.
The best answer to the mass killings would be to ban the assault type automatic and semi-automatic weapons from the streets of America that are killing machines. That is why they were created, to inflict the greatest amount of damage in the shortest period of time. Any thing less than a ban is window dressing and the mass shootings and killings will continue.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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