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My sole concern is for the innocents who are slaughtered regularly in a country which should be the best in the world. There must be a way that the citizens of the US can come together, put the past behind them, take a new world view that addresses the present situation and make changes which address this ongoing slaughter of innocent people.
Some years ago there was an amendment to the US constitution to ban alcohol, some years later there was a subsequent amendment to repeal the former amendment. In light of the regular slaughter of so many, is there not the will of the people and the government, to repeal the US second amendment, in the same way?
Here in Australia, where we are not constrained by anything resembling the second amendment, when similar tragic events occurred, resulting in the death of many at the hands of a single gunman, the then Prime Minister brought together the heads of all the state governments and passed a set of laws to restrict gun ownership. Gun owners were given a period of time to surrender their weapons, for which they were paid a generous sum, by way of compensation, and since then there has been very little mass murder by gunmen.
As a consequence here in Australia, we all feel much safer, and can live our lives free from fear of attack by a deranged gun toting person. Those who need a gun for work or sport can obtain one, subject to some very strict controls. Most people who I know don't own a weapon and don't miss not having one.
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