Another mass shooting, this time in Orlando , Florida
Someone thought differently. He walked into the club with an
assault rifle and a hand gun and maybe something more, and started shooting. He
killed at least 49 people on site and shot another 53 victims all hospitalized.
He died in a fierce gun battle with the Police SWAT team
FBI labeled this incident a terrorist act – domestic or
foreign was not known at the time. We later learned he was a lone wolf shooter
with confusion over much and claimed tangential fealty to ISIS
leaders; I think this will prove to be a sham.
One thing is clear: 50 dead and 53 wounded would not have
happened if the assault weapon was not brought into the club. Why are assault
weapons sold on the open market for all to have and own? These weapons were not
made for sport; they were made for assault with intent to kill. Not animals but
people. Get it?
NRA and all gun lovers take note: We – the rest of America
– do not accept this status quo. You have the right to bear arms; so
do I. But you do not have the right to bear assault weapons that are designed
to kill other human beings just because you think they deserve to die and
control the trigger.
The constitution did not say you have the right to bear arms
to kill; you have the right to bear arms to restrain government from taking
over you life. That’s a different issue entirely. If you don’t see that, then
return to school please for emergency tutoring.
The nonsense stops now. All assault weapons should be taken
off the market. All manufacturing of same should be licensed by the federal
government and all customers who own said products made known to the ATF. These
weapons will be confiscated forthwith and placed in storage. A fair
remuneration will be provided the gun owner.
The next no-nonsense step: stop the sale of all guns and
ammunition until an assessment is made that informs all of us – citizen and
government alike – how many guns each owner has. Then we will determine how
best to reduce the number of weapons per household. Right now there is one gun per
person in America . 330 million guns. Who needs that many guns?
Do you really distrust your government and fellow citizens that much? Then
please leave the nation and find another place on the planet that suits you
better.
You have all worn out your welcome here if you choose to
retain multiple guns in your household. There is no earthly reason why you are
armed to the teeth. None. Your owning guns in unlimited fashion and type has
led our nation to the brink of anarchy, not restrained it from it. And the rest
of us – innocents all – are tired of the threat of not knowing who among us is
armed to kill everyone around them on the highway, street, bus, train,
restaurant or office.
I choose to be safe. I choose to be separated from you who
are so weak as to bear arms in a peace loving society. What is wrong with you?
Did you feel unloved by your parents or siblings when you were growing up? Were
you taunted or bullied when young and
now you want to get back at all those unknown and now unseen enemies?
Well, shooting up public places is not going to help you. Or
anyone else. But the rest of us can remove the tantalizing gun from your
possession if that is how undisciplined you are.
You are part of the problem. You will either solve the
problem by helping the rest of us do so, or you will face the justice of a
peace loving nation that is finally taken all it will take on the gun ownership
front.
Be cool. Be peaceful. Lay down your guns. Help rid our
society of this horror!
June 16, 2016
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