I don't comment because I don't talk politics or religion. I have my opinions, I know what I believe. No one is going to change my mind. I'm not going to change someone else's mind. If someone asks me, I'll tell them. I'm not ashamed, but I don't like to argue. I don't like confrontation. I don't like to be told I'm stupid for believing something. So I avoid those topics.
But this sign is bothering me. And every time I see it, I want to scream. Because once again we're going to go down this road. Ban all guns or hand them out at preschool graduation. No one sees a middle ground. No one is willing to compromise. So the conservatives and the liberals will fight and yell on every news channel that will give them air time and in the end nothing will change.
You see the thing is...and this is a big epiphany on my part, so shhhhh, don't tell ANYONE because I don't want it to get out, because obviously I am way smarter than anyone else in this country...the guy that shot up a Kindergarten classroom, and the guy that killed a bunch of VA Tech students, and the boys that killed their classmates in Columbine? They don't care which sign you hang up in front of your school. I know, shocking that a person who has so little regard for human life would not pay attention to a sign! It's amazing really!
Each and every person has the right to believe and speak and post whatever they want. I may not agree with you, but I will defend that right for you. But think about it. A man, who is mentally unstable. Who is already planning on taking his own life. Who is willing to kill 26 people on a Friday morning. Why would he care if guns are banned or if the teachers are armed? It's not like we can go back in time and remove all guns from this country, or the world. Guns exist and if a person wants a gun, he can get a gun. If he can't get it legally here, he can get it illegally. He can order illegal bullets off the Internet.
The gun fight...it's not the issue people. Ban guns. I don't care. Sell more guns. I don't care. Because the people who are following the laws and being responsible are not the people who are causing these tragedies. After Columbine, they blamed bullying. After VA Tech, they blamed the school. Now, I guess they're blaming video games in one corner, school security in another, and the lack of gun enforcement over there.
The bottom line is, these people that do this are not mentally okay. They are not functioning people of society. Do they know right from wrong? I absolutely believe they do. This man, and I don't know his name because I refuse to give him that fame, killed himself when he heard sirens. A person who would do that, at that time, knows what he's doing.
But does he have the logical thinking to make it through the day? Obviously not. This is where our anger and our fight needs to land. Recognize this earlier, help these people earlier, have a better alternative to prison for these people. And in the meantime make our schools safer. I don't care how much it costs. Bullet proof glass...awesome. Safe rooms...wonderful.
Go ahead and take all the guns away. Collect them. Raid houses for them. And next month, some lunatic will go into a school with a knife or explosives. Or hand out guns to teachers. Make them take down intruders and then you'll hear about stray bullets hitting kids.
The fight is not about guns and the longer we argue over it the more we allow the real issue to grow and fester until this happens again and then maybe we can find something else to blame.
