I know that I do not write much on this blog,
which is mainly because I am not sure if anybody really reads it. I write to
try and get a good discussion going with somebody from both sides of an issue
but so far I get more with random posts on Facebook. But I have a lot of random
thoughts rattling around in the attic like ghosts on a coke high so let’s get
them out.
Of
course the big issue in the news is gun control which is a distraction and an
easy fix or band-aid to give people the illusion that those we have elected
know what in the hell to do when a tragedy such as the recent shooting occurs.
The truth is there is no easy fix what purpose is banning any type of gun going
to really serve? From the news reports if they are to be believed the mother of
the guy who shot those kids already had them…so what does the government think?
That every single person planning one of these goes out and buys them all just
before committing the crime? Look at the
last two cases of mass shootings both had mental issues that were known and in
the Sandy Hook case I ask if a person has a mental issue that can cause anger
issues as well do you as their caretaker keep a small arsenal in the house? The
guy from the theater was reported by his therapist as being a possible threat…yet
those above her in rank say we can’t do anything. So instead of focusing on what factors
caused this everybody goes for the tool that was used and in doing so gave the
idjits on both sides of this debate something more to divide and argue about.
First can the whole Red Dawn fantasy about you and your trusty pop gun holding
off the military, and I have even heard people talk about how the military
would turn on the government if for some reason guns were going to be completely
taken away. Despite the fantasy folks the military would side with the people
signing their checks and that could put them away for very long periods of
time. The military would not as a whole would not turn and should that happen…oh
look the government called in our allies. Face it folks all you could do is
bitch and gripe and should you decide to call all Rambo you will be dead or in
jail and welcome to being part of the problem.
The same goes for the in need an AR-15..or
insert a assault weapon type here that is needed to defend you and yours from a
person breaking in. First are you that damn bad of a shot (applies for hunting
too) that you need 30 rounds to hit the target? What can this gun do that a
pistol or shot gun cannot? I can see if a person is a collector and takes these
types out to shoot for fun that I get, but past that no. And for the record I
like guns and the only reasons I have not bought the ones I really want is that
it’s too damn expensive and I am not sure what use I would have for a Russian
sniper rifle. But I am not for banning anything , we see how well making things
illegal and banning stuff has worked in the past….ok lawn darts and lead paint
are exceptions to that. It never works need I remind anyone on how well that
whole War On Drugs thing is working out? It will not stop anyone from getting a
certain type of gun be it the good guys or bad guys, hell you can buy anything
online or hell I bet I could place an ad in the paper and have somebody wanting
to sell me an AK-47. There is no easy fix folks in order to even go down that
road we as a society would have to peel back all of the crap that has been
shoved into our heads and look at issues that we cannot have somebody make a
law for things like mental health and how much a therapist can report without
fear of losing their license or being sued if they feel a person is a threat to
others. In a few cases a kid was picked on until he felt he had no other course
of action and frankly this whole get over it thing is a crock of shit kids get
picked on to the point that lashing out is all they feel they can do and when
it happens we have people wondering…what happened oh…it’s the gun, music, video
game, media’s fault, or books fault. These
are all just easy things to blame, I as a child and adult played violent games.
When I was a kid we all played war, cops and robbers, and cowboys and Indians then
on to Dungeons and Dragons and of course right into video games which when I
was a child were still in their infancy and despite all of this violence that I
have seen, read, and acted out not once did I even think about going and
killing a bunch of people because of it. I was also picked on but this was back
in a time when two kids would get into a very sad little fist fight and be
friends two days later. Maybe I just didn’t notice if all of this hate we see
on a daily basis now was there or if it has become worse because all of these
hateful ass people have so many ways to spew their verbal diarrhea 24/7.
The main thing that has ever made me want to
go on a mass shooting is seeing people like The Westburo Baptist Church be
allowed to spew their message and nothing being done about it because it is
their right…now here is where the real bullshit starts….where are the rights
people at the funeral to not have to hear this? We can say whatever we want but
people have no right to not hear it. The WBC is no different from all of the
other groups out there that spew hate against one group or the other but for
some reason they are tax exempt and get all of the lovely benefits from being a
church. It’s quite the double edged sword we have the “right” to say what we
want but not the “right” to be protected from groups like this. It’s a problem
where do one person’s rights end and the other person’s rights begin? And if
all of these “rights” we supposedly have are for everybody why are there people
still fighting to get the same ones others already have? It’s almost like the
words all men are created equal has a asterisk excluding people and I have to
say how can owing a gun be a God given right when back when the Bible was
written they didn’t exist? I am certainly not aware of any updated version and
honestly if you read the book the only real right you have is the right to sit
down, shut up, and do what you are told. Annnnnd while this may look like I am anti-gun
which I am not if there is the commandment of thou shalt not kill which is
indeed quite clear would God give the right to anyone to own a tool that can do
just that to a lot of folks at once. If you are going to make an argument make
it sound at least plausible and not a bunch of random crap that makes you look
just like the stereotype that makes whatever belief or group you are in look
like a bunch of nuts.
