In response to Doan Nguyen’s, Gun Violence: What do I care about it? I agree with you that America is
facing an increasing number of mass shootings. We hear about mass shootings and
school shootings on a daily basis. It’s unfortunate that this has become a norm
when tuning in to the news today. I totally get that you would like to ban guns
altogether. However, realistically that will never happen. All guns could be banned tomorrow but that will not
stop people from getting their hands on them. Assault weapons and semi-automatic
weapons are banned but nonetheless, a teenager was able to secure more than one
of these weapons in addition to, hundreds and hundreds of rounds of ammunition before
going out and shooting up his high school classmates and teachers. So no matter
if all the weapons were banned, there will be someone, somewhere willing and
capable of getting, smuggling, and selling them to someone else. Some other people
with no morals, ethics, or remorse, willing to shoot and kill anyone.
A person does have the right (a choice) to protect his home
and family by bearing arms. However, it is the criminals, psychos, mentally
disturbed that do not have any business with a firearm. But they know where to
go to purchase one. There will always be dishonest, inhumane, psycho
individuals that have no regard for other human beings. Guns will remain a
choice for many. This is reality.
Until the law and people change, guns will remain a choice
for many. We should take care when leaving our homes, going shopping or
anywhere. Be cautious of our surroundings and be cautious of other people. Don’t
take freedom to go and come as you please for granted. There are so many souls
that are pleading and begging for freedom to return to their homes and
families. So many lives destroyed by evil, mean, violent, vicious individuals. Taking
away at gunpoint to a place so dark
it’s impossible to think of nothing else. I wish for their safety and pray for
those that have succumbed to gun violence. I also wish that we lived in a
society that everyone loved and respected one another and violence and guns were in-existent. Perhaps if gun manufacturers
cease to manufacture guns perhaps guns will eventually cease to exist. But again
is that being realistic?!