Ending Gun Violence in America

It's impossible this morning not to find coverage of the hideous shooting rampage at Virginia Tech.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued a statement: "...Details are still forthcoming about what motivated the shooter in this case to act, and how he was able to arm himself. It is well known, however, how easy it is for an individual to get powerful weapons in our country. "Eight years ago this week, the young people in Littleton, Colorado suffered a horrible attack at Columbine High School, and almost exactly six months ago, five young people were killed at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. Since these killings, we've done nothing as a country to end gun violence in our schools and communities...It is long overdue for us to take some common-sense actions to prevent tragedies like this from continuing to occur."

The National Rifle Association, meanwhile, issued a terse, 6 sentence statement, buried in their site.

The scale of this tragedy has obviously attracted every major media outlet, but I think it's important to note in all this that every day people are needlessly killed and harmed by guns in this country. Visit the Brady Campaign's website for more facts on gun violence--and what you can do to change it.