Typically I do not care to debate nor get involved in anything religious and/or political.
With that said, if we want to fix this problem should we not first identify the problem? Many tell me the problem is "violence with guns" but "violence" is a symptom, not the actual sickness. I can be angry and have no action to violence. I am a huge supporter of the economy thru the purchasing of guns, knives, ammo and gear and there are millions more like me yet why are there not more gun deaths and gun related crimes?
An estimated 300 million guns in the United States alone, far more than any other country in the world yet America ranks, if I remember correctly, 11th in mass shootings, Norway is ranked 1st. So how can it be stated that America has a violence problem and that no other country in the world has these types of mass shootings? The answer is, THE NEWS! Yes, I just went there, blame it on the "MEDIA" but please read on and allow me to expound.
How many shootings happen every day? Now ask yourself how many of those are bad people with guns vs good people with guns? This is not an easy thing to find out cause it`s hard to find a NON-BIAS or NON-POLITICAL slant used to come to those numbers. Trust me I have looked. So for sake of argument let`s say there are 100,000 total use of gun incidents recorded to law enforcement. Let`s now split that down the middle, 500,000 bad guy uses and 500,000 good guy uses. Now be honest and ask yourself,
"What % will the news report on?"
Here`s a hint. Bad news sells. If not there would be all good news on TV, yet turn TV on and there is nothing but rape, murder, fires, shootings, etc. So after 45 minutes of bad news, we get 3 minutes of weather and a 1 minute story about a kitten saved by firemen, but hey, at least they leave us on a positive note!
So here is my hint for the news people and how they can help the populace gain a leg up on this problem...stop looking for the bad news stories! I know news caster/producers in my town and they will take a report on a fatal car accident or some racial division story over a little old lady being helped with a flat tire during rush hour every single damn time!
Now let`s get into the home. STOP having kids and then getting a divorce because one spouse thinks the grass is greener on the other side! The family unit is broke and in distress. Have at least ONE meal together! Dinner is best. In my family we did not have breakfast or lunch but damn it we sat down for dinner every night. No phones, no TV, just us. We talked about our days, talked about whats going on in the world, our city and what we want to do. My kids are all older now but I so cherish those times. Teach kids about the value of life!
Here is my advise to the players in the political land mine fields....if you all put as much time, energy and money into uniting us as you did dividing us think of all the things we could get done!! Since when did late night TV become a source of news? Also, if I had done a fraction of what many of these politicians have done I would be in federal prison for years. So let`s stop pretending there is not a class division people. It`s just not the one most think it is, rather it`s people are just too damn connected, above the law, to have any consequences for their actions. When a politician does get caught they still get their full pension and are asked to please resign. That`s just pure BS!
Here is my advise, for what it`s worth, to younger adults and parents of today who cry, moan, get triggered and offended at every little thing they disagree with. Parents or adults do not want to engage with problems or issues for the most part because that would take effort, focus and attention. Just better to get rid of the problem, toss it, hit the DELETE button and let`s get back to my Facebook feed so I can truly engage with people, heart to heart!
In closing, guns cannot be taken away. You`ll never rid America of its guns. If anyone thinks that guns will reduce violence they are idiots. Sure, no guns may mean no gun violence but there will still be violence. Violence with hands, feet, sticks, knives, acid, bombs, trucks, etc. So the "problem" is not guns but rather the violence that uses that gun or (insert weapon of choice).
Anthony
