Today is the anniversary of the Kent State shootings, or more appropriately the "May 4th Massacre". In the wake of recent events and our consideration of gun control laws I think this day deserves a great deal of reflection. Four Americans were murdered, and nine more wounded, by our own national guard simply for participating in an anti-war demonstration. If we want to consider limiting access to guns on american soil lets start with our own national guard and police, not our citizens. The last thing I want to see is an unarmed populace needing to deal with a well-armed police and military force. Lets focus on securing the rights of the citizen, not giving them up
@freemo That was justified. The protesters were more violent than portrayed. It only takes one gunshot to put a squad in kill mode. Police would have killed more protesters. They are better at shooting unarmed people in the back.
@freemo Those troops were armed with M14 rifles or M1 Garrand rifles. 7.62 NATO and the 30-06 (7.62x63mm round effective at 960m). A single shot would kill or severely wound a person. The 7.62 NATO round was originally the .308 Winchester big game round. It's good for bears.