Unwise to give more guns to untrained

The NRA and other gun rights groups are insisting that individuals be issued guns in conjunction with the shootings at Sandy Hook, University of West Virginia, Fort Hood Texas, the Colorado theater, South Carolina and now Tennessee.

The attacks that killed and wounded people at these locations were on a random basis with only the areas predetermined by the shooter. They were assaulted with automatic weapons. Allowing guns to be handled by untrained personnel in marksmanship could result in more causalities How long would it take a principal, theater manager or even military recruiters to open a fire arms case, unlock the trigger guard, load the weapon, track down the shooter and pull the trigger at a live human whom also has a loaded weapon?

Have any of these gun rights advocates ever aimed a weapon and fired at a homo sapien? The police are trained in small arms but according to the police reports more bullets are fired then hit the target. Only in movies and TV do the police and military shoot and hit the target in one or two attempts. Citizens do not have to armed, especially with concealed weapons, because firearms are allowed to protect personal property not your neighbor's.

Unfortunately with the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms, the lack of family members discussing health issues about other family members and the shortage of trained mental professionals and facilities, American society will have to continue to accept these violent acts as purely random completed by individuals.

Jack McCabe

Batavia