My rant about mass shootings

 My rant about mass shootings 

Intro: OK I didn’t want to talk about this because A I don’t have much to say about this topic. Plus, I covered bits and pieces of this in my other posts. B people in power don’t seem to take this seriously. The reason why I’m talking about this is because of the suggestion that was made to fix this issue.

In case you don’t watch the news or live in the wilderness there has been two mass shooting this month. One happened at a supermarket in Buffalo New York and the other happened at an elementary school in Texas. The reason why I mentioned that people in power are not taking this seriously is that they love to blame video games for this. Do I really have to make fun of them for doing that? You know what you shouldn’t have any authority if you think video games are the blame for everything. Not only that they are making it hard for citizens to carry firearms with gun control and background checks. The second amendment is the right to bear arms without the Government infringing on that right. I don't see the point in background checks, I mean anyone can lose their minds and most gun owners are not crazy. You can’t have it both ways you can’t say that we can’t rely on law enforcement and then take issue with the citizens arming themselves. How the police handled the elementary school shooting reinforces that.  

Since we’re on the subject I think it’s messed up that the eighteen-year-old can’t buy a gun. I mean they're old enough to join the Army and live on their own, but they can't buy a gun what gives? This should be a package deal either they are old enough for all three things or none of them at all. I hope congress won’t raise the age for all three things because that could create another problem. Being old enough for something is one thing mature enough that’s something else. Adults have moments where they act like fools. Why do I need to be mentally evaluated to have a God-given right? Why won’t people talk about bullying? I mean that’s one of the characteristics of a school shooter. If you think it’s acceptable for kids to be subjected to humiliation and bodily harm, then you shouldn’t make a big deal about this or kids being molested by their teachers. What are the fundamental differences between these three things?   

Really, I’m surprised that we still have this problem, I mean this has been going on for 15 years and I thought we profile the shooters. Last I checked they are the type of people who keep to themselves, immature, socially awkward and neglected by their parents. This is one of the reasons why it’s hard for me to take these shootings seriously because I’m the type of person that keeps to himself and people are still starting trouble with me. The other reason is that this is the down side of advocating for people owning guns unfortunately. I mean you can't say you want the right to firearm and then complain when this happens. That makes you indirectly responsible for mass shootings. The same thing goes with alcohol, if you like to go to bar or night clubs you don't get to complain about DUI. 

I don’t mind profiling shooters as long as you don’t single people out for having those traits because that could make things worse. Instead of doing that we should be helping them work past or through that stigma. I would like to know why we have this problem because there was a time when we can have a rifle outside of the school and we use to teach our youth how to use guns depending on where they lived. Now we are number one for most school shootings how did this happen? 

Now there are people talking about hardening the schools and having the teachers carry a gun. I’m not crazy about this idea. I know I asked why we don’t protect kids the way we protect money however I don’t think the ends justify the means. Also, we might be manipulated into going in this direction. I say that because there is more going on with the Buffalo shooting than the news is telling us. Look up Aaron Salter and you’ll see what I mean. Another thing this suggestion makes us look like hypocrites. I mean people are thin skin now because they don’t want to step out of their comfort zone because it makes them feel safe. So, staying in a bubble is harmful to your development but it’s OK to put them in a bubble to keep kids safe. (To be fair we put criminals and mentally ill people in a bubble so maybe that wasn’t the best argument.) How is doing this going to put the kid’s minds at ease? If you saw the interviews with the surviving children, they are afraid of guns how is putting them in a place full of them going to make them move past their ordeal?

Public Schools are already a prison you don’t think turning them onto one is going to make things worse? What about teens? We all know how testy they are what if they get in a fight with one of the teachers and the teacher shoots and kill the student in self-defense would you be OK with that? Guns are not the only thing you can use to kill people how will you guard against pencils and scissors? Look I’m not saying we shouldn’t lower the risks of this happening however parents need to do a better job at coming to terms with the fact that their kids will be exposed to the ugly side of life. Also, watching your kids grow up is a luxury we wouldn’t have the sex trafficking ring and kids dying of leukemia if that wasn’t the care. Plus, we don't want to risk alienating each other by projecting our fears onto each other. Another thing what about people who work at fast-food you don't think they need protection? That’s all I have to say about this subject for now. 

P.S. If you can stomach what a shotgun can do to the human body then you shouldn't want one.