Elementary School Slaughter - Will We Again Hear the NRA and GOP Say "Guns Don't Kill"

Like many I am stunned by the still incomplete news coming out of Newtown, Connecticut where it appears 18 young students and 8 or 9 adults were murdered by a gunman with automatic weapons.  Reports indicate that at least 100 rounds were fired by the killer during the attack on the elementary school. As a parent and now a grand parent, I cannot imagine losing a child - especially to a shooting involving a weapon that should never have been allowed to be in the murderer's possession.  

Very troubling, among the reports is the following: AP: Suspect used .223 caliber rifle. The image above is a picture of a .223 rifle. This type of weapon is legal thanks to the efforts of the NRA and the Republican Party.  My question is, why in God's name does any law abiding citizen need to possess one of these killing machines?  When are parents and other sane Americans going to demand that these types of weapons be removed from the market and made illegal? 

In a totally hypocritical move CNN says that House Speaker John Boehner is having the flags at the U. S. Capitol lowered in "a tribute to families and victims."  Can someone get me a vomit bag?  If Boehner and his right wing cronies in the GOP gave a rat's ass about the families and victims, they would be introducing legislation TODAY to take these types of weapons off the street.  That, of course, will never happen because the GOP lacks the courage and decency to stand up to the NRA and the whacked out maniacs who now control the party base.  The hypocrisy of Boehner and his cohorts is sickening.