A DECADE AFTER COLUMBINE HIGH MASSACRE
Gun Control is the need of the Hour
JoeUser Forums
Exactly 10 years after the horrific massacre at Columbine High in Colorado, the country must question itself over the unristricted access to guns and firearms of various kind. It is no use saying that the citizens have a constitutional right to bear arms, as the Bill of Rights lays down thwe condition in a "national militia". Therefore the founding fathers of the US Constitution did not envisage a situation in which a gun culture would emerge and flourish in the USA. Since that incident there have been at least two dozen such cases including the shooting incidentsat VIT and De Kalb campuses.
The Gun Lobby is very strong and the National Rifle Association is a powerful special interest group. I think the time has come for a national legislation against the free availability of assault weapons. No one is questioning the right of self defence and that right cannot be taken away. Self defence would only entail at best small arms. The availibility of powerful rifles and assault wea[pons encourages the gun culture.
As a teribute to those who died in that terrible incident, let us all unite to fight the gun culture and resolve not to purchase guns. Only when the pocket book speaks will,powerful special interests like NRA give up their opposition to the ban on guns and firearms.
The USA has a good policing system and community organisations are still quite active and therefore civil society groups must come forward with the message of gun control.
