No, they are motivated by a statement you posted by some obscure director of medical services at some obscure hospital.
Get a grip ... the sky isn't falling.
Obscure though he may be, the inspiration behind his testimony before the
Senate Judiciary Committee back in February was, in his own words during said testimony, as follows:
"
My inspiration for coming here today is for several reasons. I am a parent of students in the Newtown school district and I have family members that serve with the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. I serve as a track coach for one of the elementary schools in Newtown. Yet, what forever changed my life was being the Emergency Room physician that was on shift at Danbury Hospital on December 14th - the day of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School [though none of the shooting victims were transported/treated there]. This event has forever changed our community and my life. In the aftermath of the shooting, I, along with other like minded physicians, founded United Physicians of Newtown, a group of 101 Newtown doctors that came together with a single platform in response to the Sandy Hook massacre. I also serve as medical advisor for the Newtown Action Alliance, another grass roots organization that formed in response to the Sandy Hook Massacre."
His stated goal:
"
My goal is to bring my background as a doctor and as a parent to convince you that gun legislation that you are considering now [Feinstein's AWB bill] will make a difference."
So, what we really have is a
not-so-obscure Director of Medical Services from a hospital closely connected with the Sandy Hook tragedy calling for draconian legislative action
in direct response to the Sandy Hook Massacre.