reflecting
"guns. i grew up with guns. i grew up in very small town america; norwood, colorado. in fifth grade we were required to take a hunter's safety course. so at the age of ten we went out in the fields around town with targets and weapons and learned to lock, load and shoot pistols, rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic weapons. the rifle being the most memorable to me at the time. i loved it. i was an excellent shot.
i am a gun owner. i am a native born coloradoan from deep, deep in the heart of nra country. i believe in our right to bear arms. i believe that fully automatic assault rifles should be illegal. i believe insane people should be unable to own weapons. i believe that we can all sit back and wait on a nice long background check before taking our guns home from the gun show. i don't believe the 2nd amendment and gun control have be mutually exclusive. i don't believe someone should be unchecked in their ability to purchase and stockpile enough heavy artillery to massacre people.
there is a lot of mythology we grow up with regarding guns, our 2nd ammendment and gun legislation. but here's a fact: norwood, colorado has a population of 572 as of 2016. 527 were injured and 59 killed in vegas yesterday. if an entire town of people - say for example my entire town of norwood - were injured or killed, would anything change? would there be any change to gun legislation? would we protect other towns? will we protect future victims? my heart breaks because i'm afraid the answer is no."
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