New York Daily News To NRA: Is This Iraq War Vet A Commie For Wanting To Ban Assault Weapons?

The NRA will probably say “yes” since this vet is also a Democratic member of the US House. Rep. Seth Moulton writes:



It’s a hollow tradition following each mass shooting, and it has become routine: President Obama gives a speech, reminding us that living this way is a choice. The NRA releases a statement bemoaning the lack of guns at the shooting. And Congress sends their thoughts and prayers.

But the victims’ families don’t want our thoughts and prayers. They want our action, preferably before their loved ones are needlessly massacred.

We have chosen this reality. We have decided as a country that it is easier to periodically bury the innocent than to make tough decisions to address the actual cause of this modern, and uniquely American, scourge.

I’m a Marine. I carried guns every day in Iraq, guns very similar to the ones used to perpetrate the Orlando murders and many other mass shootings in America. I’ve used guns in combat. On more than one occasion, guns have saved my life. But there’s a big difference between a U.S. Marine with a rifle and a civilian with a gun.

I trained for years in order to use my weapon properly. And long before I ever aimed it at an individual, I had to look at pictures of dead and mangled bodies in order to understand the magnitude of what it meant to pull that trigger.

So believe me when I tell you: There’s simply no reason for a civilian to own a military-style assault weapon. It’s no different than why we outlaw civilian ownership of rockets and landmines.

Thankfully, Congress has the ability and authority to eliminate the civilian sale of these weapons of war. We have before, and we should again.