A Ruger AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, center, the same model, though in gray rather than black, used by the shooter in a Texas church massacre. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
How long are we going to allow assault weapons to be used to mow down our own citizens? As a retired member of the military, I find it appalling that someone off the street could walk into a public place and devastate as many lives as possible, armed with more rounds than a soldier carries on a convoy in Iraq.
Congress should reinstate the ban on assault weapons, regulate devices used to make weapons easier to fire on automatic and reduceavailable magazine size in case we can’t ban assault weapons. I understand weapons for sport and hunting and personal protection, but an assault weapon of this nature does not fit that criteria.
Connie Brannock
Downtown
