Asked why Americans would need semi-automatic weapons, Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said, “Well, for the reason George Washington said: A free people should be an armed people. It ensures against the tyranny of the government, if they know that the biggest army is the American people.”
Consolation for parents whose 6-year-old was blasted apart by an assault rifle: she died to keep us free.
All that is needed to make a happy life is within yourself, in your way of thinking. -Marcus Aurelius