Sunday, January 9, 2011

I'm trying not to be angry.

Yesterday Congresswoman Giffords of Arizona was attacked.  In that attack 6 people died and 14 more were injured.  A congresswoman trying to reach out to her constituents, to listen to them, and meet them and talk to them at a local grocery store, was gunned down by a deranged individual. 
It's sad and tragic.  But I find myself trying not to be angry.  Anger is not the best emotion to carry with you.  But I just want to scream at people who still don't want to talk about sensible gun laws and enforcement.  It's not the gun it's the person holding it.  Well you know what-maybe it shouldn't be so flippin easy to get a gun!!!
To get a driver's license you have to take classes, get in car training, and then pass a test.  To get a gun, maybe a three day waiting period/background check.  And in Arizona you don't have to have a permit to conceal and carry. Shouldn't it be harder than this?  You have to be 18 to by cold medicine now, and Big Brother watched how much you buy, but to get a gun, you can walk into any gunshow and walk out with whatever you see and like. These are dangerous weapons.  I get the 2nd ammendment.  But you know what-we don't have a standing militia anymore, and we're not "living off the land" in most places anymore.  And if you are a hunter, quite frankly you should be forced to eat what you kill, because otherwise you're wasting a life.  Wasting a life!  This isn't a video game, there are no other lives after that one. And humans aren't the end all species here.  God is.  And every creature is God's creature.
It just should not be this easy for something like this to happen.  It shouldn't.  And you know what,  I'll sacrifice the 2nd ammendment so that practicing the first is safe!  Get up there and spit out all the disgusting, ignorant, stupid statements you want-I won't shoot you for it.  I may yell back, but at least we can do that without worrying that one of us will be dead at the end.
So, I'm trying not to get angry, but it's hard. 

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