A sensible gun policy

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court's extending of gun rights across the nation has shown that it will never seek a middle ground. Some of the Justices could care little about fairness or public safety. They are puppets of the National Rifle Association and lock-step proponents of a Constitutional amendment written before there were urban areas, before there were police departments, long before there were automatic weapons and at a time when the British enemy lived among us.

Times have changed, but the Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge it.

Being practical and pragmatic, I have come to the conclusion that to fight for gun control is a losing proposition. I  suggest we take a different approach.

I think we have to get the point across to the NRA that we do not want to take their guns away. They can have them. All we want to do is make it safer.

One way to do that is to make sure that all guns are insured. We make people insure their cars. That way in an accident the injured have redress. The insurance industry welcomed that initiative.

Why are they not fighting for guns to be insured? They are afraid of their friends in the NRA. But if we make gun owners carry gun insurance they will be more careful with their guns.

I do not understand why Mayor Bloomberg has not attempted to pass a law requiring guns to be insured. I think he could get it through the state legislature.

Obama Report Card

Am I happy with President Obama's Health Care reform stand? I give him a C+.

Am I happy with his stand on the BP oil spill? I give him a C.

Am I happy with his reform work on the banking industry? C+.

Am I happy with his work on Wall Street Reform? Another C.

What seems to be the problem?

Obama miscalculated the damage that Reagan's trickle down economics and Bush and Cheney's tax cut had done to our economic system, and promised more than he could achieve. He also underestimated the Blue Dog Democrats - they're really Dixiecrats - and the Republican ideology of "Yes we Can" destroy Obama's plans.

Overall, I give his work up until now a B-. I give him points for achieving whatever he has done. The political climate is ridiculous.

In case you haven't read, some of  the Gulf residents who are looking for his help on the BP oil spill and blame the administration for not doing more, are also saying he should not have a moratorium on deep drilling oil rigs, as they need the jobs. What about the Gulf fisherman? Don't they also need jobs?

If Obama he had more Democrats helping or more Republicans cooperating and achieved the same things I would give him an F. But he needs some help and his own party needs to get a backbone. If he gets help I'd like to see what he can accomplish. I believe he can work up to a B+.