Rural Minds Founder & Chairman Jeff Winton Pens Letter-to-the-Editor: Government Lacks The Courage To Do The Right Thing - Post-Journal

Since January of this year, there have been 57 school shootings in America. And since August when many students began returning to school, there have been five already, including the deadly and tragic shooting in Minneapolis.

There is a sign that continues to be proudly displayed on the front lawn of a house near Panama that reads, “God, Guns and Trump,” showing the cross, American flags and guns. This clearly illustrates why we have this growing issue in this country. Nowhere does it say anything about children or the sanctity of life in general.

Living on a farm in a rural area of Chautauqua County, I understand and appreciate the role that firearms play in our society, and why many Americans see any new restrictive measures as something that will impede on their rights. But the fact remains that the vast majority of Americans, nearly 80 percent, believe that we should have universal background checks and that assault-style weapons, often used in mass shootings, should be banned. A very small percentage of Americans think that guns should be banned altogether.

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