Hot Topic: Gun Laws & Who's to Blame

How many people have to die this year before something is done about the weapon situation in this country? So many innocent people have lost there lives this year due to gun violence, and whats been done about it? Absolutely NOTHING! How many people have to be murdered by guns before it is too many? Does it have to be a public figure that dies before action is taken?! Is that what this country is waiting for? Were the lives of all those children not a good or big enough wake up call?

Who is really to blame?
-- Is it the people purchasing the guns?
-- The stores for making it so easy to buy?
-- The government for not having stricter gun laws and requirements?
-- The NRA?
-- Is it the creator of gun powder and weapons?
-- The availability?
-- The National Rifle Association (NRA) claims video game violence is to blame.

What can be done about it?
-- I personally don't think anything can be done. I think the situation has gotten so far out of hand, and has been going on for so long, that it doesn't matter how many laws you bring to pass, the guns are already out there. They are already in the hands of criminals and innocent people. People use them as a form of home protection... I have a baseball bat! But, thats just me.
-- People will argue "Its our constitutional right!" Which to be fair... it is. But when was the constitution written? Why was it put on there to begin with? Oh thats right, it was put on there because it was written in 1787! It was put on there when men thought they could own other men (which is disgusting in its own right, and so shameful), where if one of there "possessions" walked off they could/would shoot. Fear of the Native Americans. Fear of the "unknown", and fear of animals. They didn't have the resources back then like they do now! They didn't have the same legal system. We are talking about a time where women were not allowed to vote... among other things.

Do weapons kill people or do people kill people? I think that if guns weren't in, what is it 1 in 5 households, then there wouldn't be so many gun related deaths. How often do you hear about a person going into a church, school, parking lot, mall, movie theatre and bludgeoning people to death? You don't... because it just doesn't happen. But how often do you hear about people going in with a gun instead? And this year alone, it has been 1 too many times!

My heart goes out to all those families and people that lost loved ones this year due to gun violence, actually due to any form of violence. I hope that something is done to make this sort of thing a horrible memory and not a look into our future.

~ The reason I wrote this post is because I was at msn.com and what do you think I saw? "BREAKING NEWS" FOUR KILLED, INCLUDING GUNMAN, IN SHOOTING INCIDENT IN PENNSYLVANIA.