You know what I get fed up with? Absolutely asinine ideas like new, draconian gun control measures, that only affect law abiding citizens, having ANY effect whatsoever upon the lawless. It's idiotic, and I have zero idea how it EVER gains any traction at all. It's simply mind boggling. So no, I'm not linking to anything from the Daily Beast or Huff'n'Puff Post...sorry. If they posted something on this subject worth a damn, I would. WAIT. I DID. A couple pages back, when huff'n'puff stumbled on a bit of truth for once, as far as dealing with the mentally ill issue. I linked to it because it was a good piece. So you can walk back your charge just a little.
That said, I'm an unashamed, unabashed, conservative, second amendment hawk, an NRA member, a gun owner...and, horror of horrors, I link to articles that actually agree with my personal stance?!?! Who the hell DOES that???
C'mon dude...
You say you love the first amendment. Great. Imagine the government 'banning' certain words, statements, articles, or artwork. Then you'd be on to why I can't stand tragedies like this being used as political fodder, either way. Believe me, I'd rather not even HAVE these stupid discussions, but I'm for certain not going to sit by and let idiots like Diane Feinstein and whomever believes her garbage throwing out the constitution just so that they can 'feel' better for 'doing something'.
And yeah, yeah, yeah....so 'words don't kill, dude' (I can almost hear you saying it, so I thought I'd pre-empt it

). Neither do guns. Guns are tools, just like pencils, pens, and computer keyboards. In the right hands, they save lives. In the wrong hands, they risk or take lives. But it's the hands, not the tools, that are to blame.
I keep editing because I keep re-reading your post. Grr. When the hell did I make this political? And yet, there you are, spouting a bunch of anti-conservative nonsense, as if it has anything to do with anything. YES, I'm a conservative. HELL NO, it has not one damned thing to do with anything. I know LOTS of democrats-even liberals-who are gun owners, who oppose any infringement upon our 2nd amendment rights. When did I excuse FOX NEWS of wrongdoing? Hell, their TMZing of tragedies like this is almost unparalleled.
This seems to be your go-to line of attack with me; you haven't used it in awhile, but it has been used more than once...and I'm tired of it.