Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  -THIMK- writes:
“Meaningful" action? “Meaningful" gun control?  What the hell
does that mean? How about "effective" and that ain’t gonna
happen either…ever. The closest we'll ever come is some knee-
jerk political posturing, always after the fact, that 'somebody
oughta do sumptin'. It's too late. That ship has sailed. There
are hundreds of millions of guns in the possession of millions
of Americans and no government agency will ever try to
confiscate them, but the bad guys will always be able to get at
them.  The ugly truth is that the government will never be able
to protect you from bad guys with guns. Like it or not, the last
line of defense will always be yourself.  From CNN:  Analysis:
Why gun controls are off the agenda in America