Guns, Politicians and the NRA. Corruption in Action!

I don't understand how approximately 90% of Americans across the board favor effective background checks for would be gun owners and Majority Leader Harry Reid will not even bring it up for a vote in the U.S. Senate!

What is that about?

My concern is it's just another sign along the line with so many others that our "wonderful" congress is bought off by special interest groups and big money, this time the National Rifle Association, who apparently stands for and supports national gun violence and death, including the death of children!  The idea that congressman would sell their souls to the NRA so they can receive NRA campaign money and be rated by the NRA as acceptable and worthy of re-election makes me sick to my stomach.  Does anyone question the buying off of politicians anymore?  90% of Americans support this legislation for crying out loud!  90%!!  I am told that hope for a ban on assault weapons and high caliber magazines (you know, the ones used to rip apart the bodies of twenty elementary children in Newtown?) is on longer even on the table!  Along with this sad news there are a handful of demagogues in the senate who say they are prepared to filibuster any attempt at gun control legislation. How preposterous can this get?

And then there are my many religious friends who are always beating their chests about being pro-life!  I'm pro-life.  From the womb to the tomb!  But many of my fellow Christians? They claim to be pro-life and yet they often support militarism, war, the death penalty and the NRA!  Go figure.  I guess they have decided to be pro-choice on the pro-life issue.  Honestly, where do they think Jesus would stand on these issues?  Their pro-life position is ridiculously inconsistent!

This country needs to do the right thing.  We need to get off our way too comfortable backsides and write our congressman, protest wherever we can, and expect that there be signed into law a ban on assault weapons, high caliber magazines, and a national background check for the purchase of guns.    

No one is talking about doing away with the second amendment.  No one!  You can have your appropriate firearms for hunting and for your so-called protection.  But for God's sake, let's take steps to at least attempt to limit even one more person, one more child from being ripped apart because we allowed our so-called representatives to be bought off and corrupted by the insanity of the NRA and people like them.

Peace for real,
Dennis