Gary Crum appears to be expressing his opinion on gun control and the lethality of weapons. He believes that efforts for gun control have been consistently ignored by public officials and that high capacity semi-automatic weapons are more than adequate to take many innocent lives, with or without automatic features. Crum is also frustrated with the lack of action in response to repeated gun massacres and feels that most politicians' response is limited to thoughts and prayers without taking any concrete action.
E24..... Don't get distracted by the "automatic" weapon issue.  Semi-automatic weapons (requiring a trigger-pull for each firing) are more than adequate (in combination with high capacity magazines...up to 100 rounds) to kill dozens or innocent persons.  The gun industry/NRA will be presenting "talking points" to convince us that this massacre had "nothing" to do with guns.....the guy would have used some other weapon if they weren't available...besides the Second Amendment is there to "protect" us all.  Pleas for controls on the lethality of weapons have been ignored.  Efforts to expand and enforce background checks on private sales have been thwarted by public officials...hello, Lane County Commissioners.. The repeated response has been the same...."oh, woe is me" &  pious prayers combined with NO ACTION.  Personally, I'm damn tired of it.           Gary Crum