Fifty-three years ago I took a European History course. One of the things I remember is a crusade some crazy monk came up with involving kids. If failed of course, because they either starved or were killed before leaving Europe. They had religion as their reason.

Today kids are leading a crusade against assault weapons that have killed more than a hundred school kids from Colorado to Florida. I think this crusade might have a far better ending than the last. Although unarmed, these kids are the spearhead of a movement with legs. The publicity is causing companies to break away from the NRA and applying pressure to politicians in Florida and around the country.

The Fourth Federal District Court of Appeals just agreed in 11 to 4 vote that Connecticut can ban 45 assault guns and magazines capable of holding over ten bullets. Perhaps the donated money from four billionaires totaling two million dollars will allow for transporting, feeding, and lodging students from across America. The students may now be able to re-institute the ten year ban on assault guns on a permanent basis. We may be the only country allowing private ownership of guns. (In Israel they are owned by the army.)

Would it be feasible for these kids to arouse the people enough to turn our gun oriented society around? Is the crusade strong enough to topple the NRA with its hundreds of millions of dollars scaring common people into worrying about race war, home invaders looking for guns, rapists, and other crimes? The NRA and the gun lobby must stop controlling members of Congress and brainwashing Americans to make second amendment commonsense. We have updated other Amendments, so why not the second?