[2nd amendment mama]

"..... the critical issue of keeping our children safe and keeping killing machines out of the hands of disturbed individuals. It’s more political gamesmanship that stands in the way of responsible solutions.”

If keeping our children safe and keeping "killing machines out of disturbed individuals hands" Using this logic, according to the CDC statistics, we ought to ban cars!!!

2010, United States
Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 0 to 19

Age Group	Number of Deaths	Population	Crude Rate
00-04	82	20,201,362	0.41
05-09	73	20,348,657	0.36
10-14	225	20,677,194	1.09
15-19	2,331	22,040,343	10.58
Total	2,711	83,267,556	3.26

2010, United States
Overall Motor Vehicle Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 0 to 19

Age Group	Number of Deaths	Population	Crude Rate
00-04	530	20,201,362	2.62
05-09	396	20,348,657	1.95
10-14	495	20,677,194	2.39
15-19	3,021	22,040,343	13.71
Total	4,442	83,267,556	5.33

[zeugma]

If they were to break out blacks and mexicans from that chart it would be even more interesting.