No doubt about it , there is a serious gun violence epidemic going on at more regular and shorter intervals than ever before in the US . The country with its abundance of arms of all types resemble more small third world countries armed to their teeth that invariably leads to civil disturbances, riots ethnic and religious bloody conflicts, horrible dictatorships and selfish oligarchies, colonialism , apartheid and police, special agencies and militia supremacy and brutality .
Few days back, in Texas 8 innocent high school teens, and 2 teachers, were murdered, plus scores of wounded, at a high school in a small typical town called Santa Fe, by a fellow student with some grievances against other students, teachers and society . This scene comes after many similar in the past few months, Sandy Hook, Puls, Vegas, Parkland and many others, almost to the tone of one a month lately .
The intelligent compromise between some gun control measures and gun lovers and worshipers are readily available, and every lobbyist, politician, legislator, judiciary or member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has them on his or her desk. They're all scared of enacting them. It's not a strictly men's affair as it sounds or the media and organizations try to show it, both genders and both parents are as responsible, and should have a clear say in the fate of our youth and students and innocent victims in the streets .
Legislation's are urgently needed with no feeling of shame, guilt or weakness by any partisan group or member. Legislation against the manufacturing and selling of assault weaponry, against all types of militaristic machine guns, high capacity magazines should be illegal and totally banned from the hands of civilians, mandating back ground checks for anyone looking to purchase a gun or an arsenal . Plus a country wide survey of gun ownership and the registering of actual existing guns of different sort and origins .
These little and necessary measures are not an assault on our liberties, they're not belittling our supposedly love and adoration of our sacred Second Amendment, they are not more restrictive than many or most civil regulations enforced by our laws and judiciary system. We have to register and pay taxes on our homes, cars, motorbikes, we have limitations on speed limits, we have mandatory census every few years, we have security requirements at government and civil buildings, at airports etc...etc..., so why the exception only with guns, that are far more dangerous and lethal than all the previous.
If it's only a sign, a symbol of resistance against authority and government, against civility, then I think it's high time we reflect on that, and start behaving more according to our common intellect rather than our instincts and gut feelings. We're only managing to kill and terrorize our own kids and citizens, as we're not allowed to carry our beloved arms anywhere else in the world .
If Mr. Trump and Congress and others want to keep it free, then I would suggest they make it free to carry open guns in all their quarters, the White House , Congress, all official offices in Washington and all States. There should be no discrimination between a school, church or a Capitol Hill .
Our prayers and sympathy, our inaction in legislating are no more good enough, our pathetic words are becoming offensive to hundreds and thousands of innocent victims and their loved ones, from all walks of life. They are not good enough for our twenty first century life, and definitely not good at all for the future of our country, society and youths. Every elected or appointee to an official office or judiciary post should be held responsible for his or her opinions on these common-sense reforms .
All my usual gratitude for your time and attention .
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