Yeah, I know that I am going to be accused of reacting too quickly to the latest shooting in America. So what! The idiots that run around shouting, "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hands, need to shut up and understand that gun proliferation has gone way beyond the breaking point. As I write this the death toll continues to rise, but even if it is one child, or one person the price is too high. We will hear the nonsensical phrase, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." I understand that the people pull the trigger, but the guns are placed into the hands of criminals and lunatics, by everyone that supports the NRA and weapons businesses in America.
We need controls on the number of guns in this country. We need controls on who gets these weapons in their hands. We need controls on people that display violent behavior. We need to quit pandering to the gun interest and start placing the welfare and safety of people ahead of profits and their idea of Constitutional rights. What about the rights of a small child to just attend school, safely? What about the rights of people to go to the movies or the mall without fearing for their lives. When do we start to look at the Preamble to the Constitution, where it states, "insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, provide for the COMMON DEFENSE, promote the general WELFARE," and say this is the cornerstone of life for citizens in America.
Everyday across America our people, young and old alike are gunned down in a hail of bullets. There are individual shootings like the recent one here in Florida where a man opened fire into a van with several teenagers in it, because they would not turn down their music. Drive by shootings happen on our streets daily. Hand guns and assault weapons are readily available and used. We all stand by and allow it to happen. As long as the killings happen in poorer neighborhoods, we look the other way. It is time to stop looking around and feeling safe where we live, because it is right next door. This is an Elementary School, today. They are talking about seventeen to twenty children, dead. These are innocent 5-11 year old children. Can you please, explain to me, why you have to have that weapon in your hand? To do what? Babies are dying and yet the gun industry, the NRA and our politicians stand around and claim, impotence.
Everyone of us that supports gun rights. Everyone of us that works in the industry, making, selling or buying guns. Everyone of the millions of members of the NRA. Everyone of us that stands and spouts nonsense about the right to bear arms. Lastly everyone of us that remains silent. We all have the blood of our small children on our hands. Look at yours. The stain is there. Try to wash it away, but it will remain. Try to convince others of the importance of keeping guns in the hands of criminals and again look at the blood on your hands. IT IS THERE! IT WILL REMAIN THERE!
We need to finally be able to wash the blood of our children from our hands, if they will come clean.
A very powerful statement John. I addressed the same issue on my blog with the question of when will we find the time to talk about gun control - if not now - WHEN?
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to justify America as the best country in the world when we keep generating tragic stories such as this.
As President Obama said in the press conference; it is time to take a severe action to control this violence despite political views. So far the NRA has not made a statement. True it is not the NRA's fault sick individuals take the control of other people's lives but the NRA has to take affirmative action and increase stricter rules as to who carries a gun, a rifle, a shotgun, any weapon that is considered a threat, or a weapon of terrorism. Yes, we as Americans live in a society where our own people are terrorists. It is said that 34% of people own a gun. This percentage is too high. Too high for a society who lives, breathes and thrills through the use of a gun. A gun makes you complete, or manly, it gives you power to terrorize and intimidate, it snuffs innocents of their precious lives. How much longer until we stand up and put a stop to this? There is no consolation for a parent who has to cope with the loss their child. Even more hurtful as they return home to find the presents they bought for their children in the hopes of seeing them gleam and awe as they were to open them on Christmas Day. How can you heal this loss? How can you explain this? How can we feel sympathy for this disgustuing action, as now it is revealed he suffered from mental illnes? So does that mean its okay to kill because you are crazy? When people wake up to go to work, to church, to the mall, the movies, the corner store, or whatever their destination is, this tragedy will be vivid in their mind. The paranoia of whether they will make it through the day or not will be a haunting thought. As a society we need strict rules but more so often a control on who is allowed to carry a gun. I guess stupidity is still alive and kicking.
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