This past weekend the City of Philadelphia lost another policeman to senseless violence ( 3dead over the last 2 years). This all on the heels of the State Supreme Court overturning another city legislative attempt to get the horse back into the barn. I am at a loss to grasp what it will take to shock or traumatize a state into understanding the absurdity of defending the ownership of assualt type weapons, flimsy backgroud checks and seemilgly non-existent limits to the numbers of weapons you can purchase and/or own.

I am NOT looking to ban gun ownership in any way. I think accountability is not alot to ask. More stringent background checks and "cooling off" periods........limits to numbers purchased at one time..........registration/training and responsibility to report the weapons loss with strict penalties.

The deaths of law enforcement personnel has not even cracked the lobby in Harrisburg. I cannot imagine what it will take.......what tragedy and of what proportions will cause the politicians to take notice. Something is going to have to hit very close to home.