Friday, July 20, 2012
People Kill People
The Aurora, Colorado Theater massacre is just one more example of what I hate about my fellow humans. Yes, it's clear that the young perpetrator is mentally unhinged. It's also clear that the culture we live in allowed him to purchase, legally, enough mass destructive power to empty the entire theater of humanity. We can and will suggest that people kill people and that guns have nothing to do with it. Well so what? How many people would have died this morning if James Holmes had arrived at the theater with a club or a knife or even just a hunting rifle? Why make it easy for the mentally ill and the criminally inclined to destroy human life? Let's not delude ourselves, Pistols and Assault Rifles have only one purpose. That purpose is the death of humans. Any other suggestion is just plain bunk and if you believe it is OK to kill people check the mirror?
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When I tell stories about my upbringing, one of my favorites is about toy guns and my father. Like the saloons of the wild west, all guns had to be left at the door at our house. There was no such thing as 'just a toy' gun.
ReplyDeleteThis gun issue is one where it is easy to argue every side of an issue. I find myself unable to formulate much of an argument that I can't argue myself right out of. It is difficult to see how readily available assault rifles help us as a society, though.