Gun Violence

I'm increasingly saddened by the on going gun violence around the world.  Especially here in the US.  I may rock the boat a bit here but we should really get rid of the 2nd amendment.  Our "Right to bear Arms" seems to have become our right to kill each other, and it's getting out of control. I do not own a gun, nor do I want to.  I live my life completely devoid of firearms and it really doesn't hinder or hurt me in any way. I don't hunt, I don't delude myself that a gun is protection, and I don't associate with people who feel a gun is a necessary part of life. 

Why?  Why do people feel that guns are necessary?  I think people who want to hold on to their guns for hunting should stop hunting.  Or develop a greater skill then pulling a trigger and holding on to the gun.  Get a cross bow, learn archery if your going to hunt.  It may make it more fun for you.  But in my opinion stop hunting.  Start believing in your bible and know that all God's creatures are special to him even the deer and antelope.  If God had truly loved man more than an animal then the Ark would have been filled with humans, not animals and one family. Animals are a necessary part of the ecosystem and what makes this world beautiful to behold.  Revel in the beauty of life, do not take joy in the power of death.

A gun as protection?  Where, on safari?  When I was growing up my mother did crime prevention seminars and I have always taken what she taught to heart.  If you have a gun in your home in case of intruders, first you must always be prepared to fire that weapon at any time.  Keeping the ammunition and the gun in separate places is an idiots way to get killed. In a robbery do you really think the criminal is going to wait and give you time to go searching through your drawers for your bullets? Second, you have to be prepared to shoot to kill.  In the heat of the moment do you really think that you could kill someone?  Would you then be prosecuted for murder? Third, you have to be so well trained in handling the gun that you can hang on to the gun and not have it turned on you.  Fourthly, you must do all this so that your children and those you care about do not have access to the gun.  You don't want your kids hurting themselves or others in the process.  Finding a way to keep the gun handy but still keep it away from my kids is enough of a dilema, that I don't even deal with it. 

For my family protection I have a canister of the mixture my mom used to sell.  CS military tear gas combined with pepper spray and an ultraviolet dye.  Even if my two year old was to get a hold of this and sprays himself, he would scream and cry but an hour later he'd still be alive.  I have these canisters around my house, so I can easily grab it if someone attempts to break in.  It will stop them in their tracks, I've seen it in countless demonstrations. That is protection that makes me feel safe, because I can use it.

Lastly, if we start breaking the cycle of Fear and meet Fear with Love then society would stop feeling like they need guns as a part of life.  I know there are communities, gangs, where that type of view is prevalent.  But in these communities you'd be hard pressed to find a family that has not been touched by violence in some way.  We cannot continue to meet violence with violence and expect it to stop.  Only when you meet violence with love and forgiveness will any of this senseless killing stop.  We are all a part of this world and though we have different experiences from each other we must come to realize that at heart we are all the same.

Should we have better mental health care in this world?  Of course we should! No one is arguing against that happening.  But we need to see that even if we had better mental health care the guns would still be there and someone will always reach for that if it's the easiest thing to do.  That's why we need to own up to our fellow man and get rid of the guns. Period.