[TheRealThing]

"I work for a living."
"My son is in the military."
"I live in reality."
"I have two college educated kids."

I congratulate you on all these things. What they have to do with this particular debate, I have no idea. If you are suggesting that supporting a ban on those on the terror watch list or "no fly" list being able to purchase a military style, "mass kill" weapon equals living in non-reality, I question the validity. As for everyone who disagrees with you being Reagan's "welfare queen?" That must be very reassuring to you, you who lecture about fantasy and reality.

Well lets get to it then. Morality cannot be regulated or legislated, however, the destructive effects of immorality can, as US history clearly demonstrates, be mitigated when society stands in condemnation of such behavior. The liberal would rather offer excuses as to why we cannot judge or punish bad behavior thereby encouraging it instead of deterring it.

Nor can one legislate or otherwise regulate violence by blaming guns for actions taken by monsters who kill other people. In both scenarios, laws put in place hundreds of years ago were up until the circus came to power in DC, working just fine in limiting crime and keeping the unwed birth rate down in America. We now subsidize immorality in offering unquestioned cradle to grave support for those born out of wedlock. And in so doing, we transfer the financial responsibility or burden of the wild oat sowing jerks who have fathered and immediately abandoned the legions of unguided and unsupported offspring to those who live responsible life styles. Even more unthinkable are the tens of millions that have been butchered before or during their fist breaths. again, largely funded with tax dollars.

Rules are never going to control society. Only when facing stiff penalties equal to the weight of the crime committed, will people behave.