Thursday, September 13, 2018

Another Gun Owner, Another Mass Shooting

Have a problem?  Well, if you own a gun then use it (for its intended purpose, killing a living being).  That's how you solve it (the problem, that is), is it not?  Who cares if shooting at someone creates more problems.

The NRA doesn't. Is this not true?  Look at Bakersfield CA. Javier Casarez, a gun owner, killed his wife and four others yesterday, September 12, 2018, because he believed she was cheating on him.  Did the NRA or any notable gun advocate state that these killings are unacceptable and runs counter to our founders' beliefs that our unalienable rights should not be infringed upon? No! Their silence portends that the loss of innocent lives by a gun owner firing his or her weapon is the price that our society must pay to have the Second Amendment (2A) - kind of like a sacrificial offering to the gods.  That attitude puts the 2A at risk.

I may not know the people killed in Bakersfield, CA, but I regret that they lost their lives and that their survivors now have a loss that they may never understand, that they may never find peace and solace and that they may take to their grave a pain unimaginable. Do you want this on your soul?  I don't.

These senseless killings must stop.

The answer is not gun restrictions because "guns do not kill people."

The answer is that people that want to own a gun must demonstrate that they are:
  1. Responsible, 
  2. Sane (aka mentally stable) and 
  3. Have the discipline to properly care for a gun 
because "people (a gun owner as shown above in this instance) kill people" and guns are so much more efficient at doing the job.

Since the gun industry fails to promote the three (3) criteria stated above then our government must pass laws that dictate the proper behavior.  These laws will NOT place restrictions on guns but instead ensure proper behavior to ensure every one's unalienable rights are secured and protected.  Seems reasonable to me, does it not?


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