Those who want to delay any discussion of gun control are simply hoping we have a short attention span and no effective memory for events like this. I hope they are wrong, but I also see no reason whatsoever to wait. Making a change for the better -- and such a change is both possible and desirable -- is the best way we can respond to events like the mass shooting in Colorado.
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