August 28, 2014
“A 9-year-old girl fatally shot a gun instructor with an Uzi this week at a shooting range in Arizona that caters to tourists. Charles Vacca, 39, was standing to the girl’s left when she lost control of the weapon. The girl’s parents were recording a cell phone video of the incident, which was turned over to the local sheriff’s department.”
Personally I think that you have to be completely off your rocker to let a 9-year-old handle an Uzi, or any kind of firearm for that matter.
Almost daily somebody dies by gunshot in America.
Each time there is a shooting, people shed some (crocodile?) tears, hold a vigil, build an improvised shrine and put the entire incident out of their minds.
Even after mass shootings, few officials will talk about the need to curb the insane proliferation of firearms in America.
Life is becoming increasingly challenging and stressful. Those who don’t succeed often blame their coworkers for their failures.
Their grudges it seems can only be resolved by a blood bath.
There is nothing virile about toting a gun. As a matter of fact, it might be a lack of natural virility that pushes some people to ostentatiously carry a gun.
If you are so enamored of guns, there are plenty of conflicts around the world where you could fire your beloved gun to your heart’s content.
The only caveat is that the people you shoot at will shoot back in return.
This is not what gun-toting people want.
They want to intimidate without fear of retaliation.
And so far they are succeeding. And why is that?
Because thanks to the National Riffle Association and its pro-gun stand, it is so laughingly easy to purchase a gun in America.
According to Claire McCaskill, US senator from Missouri “The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues – and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns.”
In other words, if you are an elected official with an anti-gun stand, the NRA will target you and pour money to defeat you in the next election.
If you are pro-gun, the NRA will embrace you and do everything necessary to have you re-elected.
It is a simple as that, and it is very effective.
With their career and livelihood at stake, few senators have the backbone to stand up to the NRA.
The only way to succeed would be to neutralize the influence of the gun lobby.
And the way to do this would be to “out” the names of the wealthy NRA donors and the amount of money they donated.
Popular outcry and public shame might be the only way to weaken the grip of the gun lobby and to prevent future bloodsheds.
Alain
Welcome to America. Guns. When in Rome Accept don’t always copy.
Keep a low profile and don’t advertise extreme differences; at the same time
this country is made up of many cultures. In California, do we really want to be
all rednecks and John Waynes. The Gold Rush did not exactly bring out the best
in people. Greed. Same as today – Look at the malls, crowded with shoppers,
lining up for something on sale. Greedy, just like the corporations. Most
tarred with the same brush.