Here we are. Once again. This time it's Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six people are gunned down; twenty
of them children, virtually all of them first graders.
And in its wake, the
anticipated shrill of demands for tighter gun control will erupt which will
bring in response, the trite but clever non-sequitur: "Guns don't kill; people kill."
Noted.
However, if one of these
"people" fiends with the desire to head out and kill masses of other people this
person might consider using a bomb -- especially if he wants to get the job done
quickly. A bomb can be acquired, but
they're illegal, so it's rather risky. So,
to swiftly kill a whole bunch of people, perhaps the best legal alternative is a gun.
And no matter how large or what caliber gun he desires, there is somewhere in America where he can obtain
it legally.
But what's more relevant than
the freedom to own and carry guns is the fact that guns kill precisely because "people" own and carry them. Thus what matters is what a gun can do, not what "people" can and
cannot depending upon whether or not they are packing one. What it boils down to is that if "people"
want to kill a whole lot of other people -- regardless of whether they want to get
it done quickly or take their damn time -- there's a legally-obtainable device specifically
designed for that purpose. Beyond that,
the device is useless.
It's called a gun. And while there's little doubt that people
will continue to kill even if laws restricting gun ownership were as tough as those
that outlaw bomb ownership, the pool of available killing devices would likely be
significantly diminished.
So when it comes to children
being slaughtered by bullets discharged by any of the millions of legally-obtained
guns in which our nation swims, I can't possibly blame poor parenting; mental
or emotional instability; television violence; Tupac Shakur; the stock market; MTV; BET;
PEDs; anti-Semitism, racism, too much Red
Bull, religion, the Mayan calendar, Call
of Duty: Black Ops II, or Hostess
Twinkies.
I blame guns.
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