Lewiston will not be the last Mass Shooting in America the Year

Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after a mass shooting left 18 people dead. From Sandy Hook to Las Vegas to Lewiston, Maine people gather to say prayers and hold vigils where there are flowers to honor the dead. But this won’t be the last massacre. The United States has experienced 565 mass shootings so far this year.

Holiday season brings arguments and depression. Sadly the killing season may be coming. But we love our guns more than we love lives in America. The Second Amendment gives us the right to keep on killing.

In just six days New Zealand banned military-style semiautomatic weapons” and assault rifles

This all happened after the killing of 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand. New Zealand is a country that holds the right to bear arms a very important freedom.

Compare that action with the United States which has the right to bear arms included in its constitution.

The following chart from the Los Angeles Times.

There has been no ban on ownership of assault weapons in the United States.