(February 16, 2018 at 11:30 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I don't own a gun, and I'm not defending anything, so bite me.
If you're not defending guns, okay then. Thanks for clarification. However, those that present those types of sentiments tend to prefer to deflect the issue without providing any solutions. They'll cry about mental health, they'll cry about video games, they'll cry about movies, anything to deflect from guns--when guns are definitely a part of the problem. I'm so sick of hearing about these mass shootings. My heart was SHATTERED when I heard about the Sandy Hook shootings. Fuck, my heart was shattered when I heard about Columbine. But Sandy Hook was an absolute breaking point. These were little kids that got killed, little kids and their teachers. Just going about their day. Just like the people in Aurora, the people at the Pulse Night Club, and the people in Las Vegas. It frustrates me to no end that we refuse to do fuck all about it. And I'm sick of it. We live in a country where you can't take a fucking water bottle on an airplane. You can't possess a certain amount of a goddamn plant without being locked up in jail for life. But these kids get killed... and our politicians do nothing more than send their fucking thoughts and prayers. We have an entire organization dedicated to not just making sure that citizens can own guns, but to make sure there is ZERO burden on anyone wanting to buy any gun they want (unless it's a Smart gun, of course). These kids are 14-15 years old. Not even old enough to drive yet. These are kids born after 9/11. Kids who woke up, went to school, and expected to come home that day. They probably had plans for the weekend. Maybe even for Valentine's Day. The presents they got from last Christmas are still pretty new. They probably had dreams of going to college, making something of their life. They had friends, parents, siblings. Now their parents have to mourn their kids. And honestly it isn't any better when it's adults being shot either. Those are parents, teachers, friends, brothers, sisters... Kids aren't where I want to draw the line. Kids are just past the line. Way past acceptable. I'm frustrated, and I'm tired, and I want us to fucking do something. I'm tired of doing nothing. Nothing isn't working.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
