A TEN MINUTE KILLING SPREE
On December 14, 2012 a mentally disturbed Adam Lanza entered the Newtown Connecticut elementary school with a AR-15, used in combat, which could fire 500 bullets a minute planning to kill people in that school. Ten minutes later twenty 6 and 7 year old schoolchildren and six teachers were dead from multiple bullets being fired into their bodies.
On December 14, 2012 the same Adam Lanza enters the same school with a knife planning to kill people in that school. Ten minutes later do you believe twenty 6 and 7 year old schoolchildren and six teachers would have been dead from multiple stab wounds to their bodies?
On December 14, 2012 the same Adam Lanza enters the same school with a single shot shotgun or rifle used for hunting planning to kill people in that school. Ten minutes later do you believe twenty 6 and 7 year old schoolchildren and 6 teachers would have been dead from multiple bullets being fired into their bodies?
We read in Genesis that Cain killed his brother Abel and reasonable people expect killings even mass killings will always be with us. Caring Americans are concerned about the number of killings with guns, especially the frequency of mass killings in schools. Everyone agrees the causes for these mass school killings are complex and without a simple solution.
If you were one of 26 people in a room with a person intending to kill everyone in the room would your believe your chance of survival better if the killer had in his hands (1)AR-15 (2)knife(3)a single shot shotgun or rifle.
Do you believe 1 maybe 5 perhaps 10 of the 26 would be able to escape during the added time it would take the killer to stab each or reload aim and shoot each victim?
As long as there are people –people will be killing people. Caring people believe the number of people killed could be reduced if AR-15’s and other guns suitable only for combat were banned from civilian ownership.
Ask your Congressman to ban combat guns from civilian ownership.
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