Have members of Congress not learned: That ammunition from an assault weapon travels at a speed of 3,000 feet per second. That bullets are structured so that when they enter the human body they ricochet, turning every organ they strike into jelly and exit the body with a wound the size of an orange. That most victims receive multiple wounds. Do they not imagine the shredding of tissue that occurs to the bodies of small children and young people in schools, or of adults enjoying a social outing? First responders know. Surgeons know. Morticians know. Soldiers of battle know. Does the general public know? I didn’t.
Americans need to be graphically educated about what assault weapons do to the human body, maybe then we will be more emboldened to use the extent of our power as constituents to force their ban by the people who make our laws.
The members of Congress need to sensitize themselves by requiring that they view videos of the results of the mass shootings. I doubt that any hunter would want to eat the meat from a deer that has been shredded with assault weapon fire. No more needs to be said.
Maxine R. Haggerty, Salt Lake City