Good Day,
Recent events have transpired which have been tragic, some say atrocious... myself included. These atrocities have been committed by a limited number of individuals who appear, in hindsight, to not have the same moral compass as the larger population. In other words, life is precious to most of us. Life is not to be taken or abused lightly.
While the more notorious crimes being covered in the mainstream involve firearms, there remain occurrences that do not. The folks pushed off the subway platform leap readily to mind. So, in this rush to do something, please remember that it is the person who is responsible for the act, not the implement the person used.
Further restrictions on citizen firearms ownership does not address any of the root cause(s) of the atrocities that we have, as a nation, faced in recent months. Removing or restricting private ownership of arms does not necessarily prevent much of anything except disarming those who would follow our laws anyway.
Mental health screening addresses one aspect, but is problematic in its implementation. Add that to the simple fact that admitting mental health issues is one of the fastest ways to be ostracized by the community and your peers and you have a solution that isn’t an effective solution.
Raging against modern entertainment is even less useful. If a person is unable to disconnect entertainment (video games, television, movies, music, etc.) from everyday life, making those things more taboo will only increase their mystique. The same can be said for firearms… the more we hide and demonize them, the more the mystique will grow. But, it will grow in the absence of knowledge and create its own dangers.
I have yet to read or hear any constructive method for preventing these atrocities. There is no way for us to know what is in the mind of man. There is no way to prevent bad things from happening. There is no effective solution to that which haunts our society. We cannot legislate evil out of the world.
The only thing we can do is to console our neighbors in their time of pain, offer our assistance to our neighbors when they are in need and prepare ourselves to respond when the mind of man reveals that it is intent on evil.
When new restrictions are brought before you or if you believe you have a solution that will remove evil from the world, please think about what has been said here before you act and see if there is any truth that will help you act appropriately.
And, if I may ask the kindness of a response, please share with me your thoughts on this topic.
With Warm Regards,
Put simply we're not allowed to honestly discuss the causes of the majority of gun deaths because of the demographics.
ReplyDeleteThese murders generally are only counted, not reported.
Can't appear racist when looking for solutions to problems.
A certain level of death comes with freedom, and it's unavoidable. If the level of death associated with removing freedom was lower, we could at least consider it, but it's far worse and is every single time people surrender their freedoms.
So, no, there isn't a solution beyond bearing the tragedy and punishing the perpetrators.
Truer words have rarely been spoken. We really are two nations with common borders and our political class really are peculiar creatures unique unto themselves.
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