>Ironic that the pro gun lobby are also most likely to reject the sort of government action that helps the poor destitute etc
I dont believe that any government will solve the ills of society - that is not the purpose of government. The purpose of government is to perpetuate itself. Whatever it does is only a means to that end.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.