With all the violence rampant in the nation, I find it hard to understand why so many people object to gun control. After all, it has nothing to do with the farm lad or lass shooting down crows over a cornfield, but it does target the criminal mind or the ballistic hunter who wants military firepower. I doubt anyone would object to banning over-the-shoulder missiles to shoot down the bald headed eagle! Do we really want to go back to the mentality of slaughtering buffaloes?

C’mon, you gun-lovers get real! If you’re a gun-collector and really want an assault weapon over the mantelpiece, then you should be willing to buy it without its firing pin. And any hunter who claims his right should not squawk over having to be licensed and tested.

This leads to the responsibility of gun manufacturers: they are the ones that should be under strict control. Their government contracts should be just that. Military weapons are for the armed services and police organizations and no one else which includes gun running to other countries.