Okay, I'll preface this by again stating that I'm a gun owner. I'm licensed out of necessity in both Florida and New York State. I have assets to protect and I'm not ashamed of that. Actually, I'm quite proud of that. Anyway, I think I'm pretty middle of the road (read: objective) on the matter, and I'll again state that assault weapons are not for private citizens.

So just answer me this and be honest enough to give me a one word answer, yes or no: If Lanza's mother didn't have an assault weapon in her home last Friday, could he have killed all those people?

I'll tell you my answer to the question: It's a big fat NO. Even if he showed up with half a dozen handguns someone might have rushed him and a few lives would have been spared. Hell, if one life was spared, then in my opinion that would justify the ban on assault weapons forever in this country.