America's Insane Gun Laws

News reports continue to ad details the the slaughter early Friday morning in Colorado and the calculated planning by the shooter.  One detail that struck me in a Virginian Pilot article was the following:

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to in order to discuss the investigation, said that the jammed weapon had a high-capacity ammunition magazine. Police have said that a 100-round drum magazine was recovered at the scene and that such a weapon would be able to fire 50 to 60 rounds a minute.

Which raises the following question: why does any law abiding citizen need to have a weapon that can fire 50 to 60 rounds per minute?   The obvious answer is that no one does unless they are potentially up to no good.  These weapons have one purpose: killing large amounts of people in short periods of time.  One can only wonder how many other nut cases and delusional anti-government types are in possession of such weapons at this moment.  Will our politicians change these insane laws?  I'm not holding my breath.  That would require, courage and character - things not would in far too many of our elected officials.


UPDATED:  New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg is planning on reintroducing gun control legislation on the Senate floor to limit high-capacity magazines.  Lautenberg said that “the only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a handgun is to kill a lot of people very quickly” and pledged that he would introduce legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition clips.  Watch the Republicans do all they can to defeat the legislation and leave the door open for more carnage.