Take my Gun, please!

The Republicans and conservatives rail against President Obama for not "protecting the nation" from horrible events like the recent shootings in San Bernadino. They have claimed on television and radio interviews that the President's primary responsibility is to "protect the nation" as they point to the 36 people who were shot in that California incident. Let's look at this with a little different perspective:

• First of all, the Constitution states that the President is the "Commander and Chief" of the military (though the President's political opponents do not want to follow his commands, nor do they want the military to follow his commands).  
• The Constitution does NOT say that the President is "responsible" for the safety or protection of either the nation or of all of the people in it (even if he COULD protect them all). 
• If conservatives who oppose gun control and want to fight terrorism at home were truly concerned about public safety, they might consider the 300 million guns in this country and how many people are killed or injured by THEM each year! The fact is that since 9/11, there have been about 100 deaths in America from terrorist violence; during that same period, overall deaths from guns (which include many incidents of suicides and domestic violence) exceeds deaths from the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars combined. This year alone, 38,364 individuals have taken their OWN lives in the United States, which includes 22 veterans per day! What do Donald Trump or Marco Rubio propose to do about that threat to our homeland? Send more men into quagmires in the Middle East.