As a Libertarian I am agonizing over the horrible massacre of innocents in Newtown Connecticut this past week. I live in Connecticut, a sane and sober place in general, so that I can't attribute the horror to a redneck culture alien to New England. It is apparent that the School system was up to the minute with post Columbine lock down procedures at the school. It appears the guns were legally purchased by the mother who was her son's first victim and so I am flummoxed about my NRA approved libertarian view on gun control.
I prefer zealous enforcement of the laws and rules already on the books rather than adding more. Go ahead and close the loop hole for individual sale and clean up the code. Background checks for everyone, no exceptions. Nothing denigrates authority more than one un-enforced law piled on top of another.
Finally I would like to promote a more Swiss attitude about guns where there is an assault weapon in every home as part of the militia ready to take arms and defend the country at a moments notice but where guns are not glorified as they may have been in the Lanza home.
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