A common sense approach
President Obama’s call to ban military-style assault weapons and limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds is a common sense approach in addressing the increasing multiple-victim gun violence incidents in America.
The U.S. Congress must act now to prevent future mass tragedies and listen to the testimony of Newtown schools Superintendent Janet Robinson who stated that each of the 20 slain children were shot between three and 11 times.
The time has come to legislate rational gun control measures and never have a another Sandy Hook, Columbine or Virginia Tech incident happen again, no matter how vociferous the National Rifle Association will become in opposing such sensible and necessary legislation.
Testing humans questionable
I do not agree with the article, “Study: Testing pain drugs on humans could produce better painkillers.” I understand the advantages of testing, because humans can communicate how they are feeling, but it is inhumane to intentionally inflict pain on a person to see if the painkiller really works.
Since these pain drugs have not been tested, the side effects are unknown, and potentially harmful. Although I do not agree with animal testing, an animal should face these risk factors before a human.