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>The CT school shooting just gets worse. What a >horrifying event to read about or see on the news as >it is disclosed to us on T.V. Families, the cities and >state of CT, and the nation at large once more >struggle for a solution to deranged and purely evil >people in our midst who kill others. Society reacts to >tragic events by demanding action and new gun laws. An >irony for those wanting to ban firearms is that laws >passed attempting to control firearms, when applied to >the latest outrage, rarely if ever would have >prevented that recent shooting. We also hear demands >that the mentally ill should somehow be screened to >determine those 'likely' to harm others -- Really? >Rarely does anyone suggest that we look at how to >prevent shootings, such as in CT, but in the end, all >potential solutions boil down to 'there's no money' to >pay for safe-rooms or whatever on such a national >scale. > >Gun-banner-types don't want to apply their ‘banning’ >type action to banning-autos which have killed >millions since the Model-T’s first fatality -- because >that addresses the ‘user’ rather than the ‘tool used’. >Traffic Fatalities in the U.S. are at the lowest >number since 1939, at 32,367. For years, the numbers >on annual vehicle deaths were at or above 50,000. – >Nevertheless, no one wants to ban motor vehicles. > >Here are some gun-death stats on Firearm Related >Deaths: "The majority of gun-related deaths in the >United States are suicides, with 17,352 (55.6%) of the >total 31,224 firearm-related deaths in 2007 due to >suicide, while 12,632 (40.5%) were homicide deaths." >[Wikipedia] > >Motor vehicles are essential for today’s society -- no >argument there. Firearms are essential to the defense >of our nation and as stated in the 2nd Amendment – >plenty of disagreement there. All should recognize >that motor vehicles and firearms can be misused. >Vehicle and shooting fatalities are often committed by >crazed or chemical-abuser people in control of a car >or a firearm. However, mass-predicting who will misuse >one or the other in the future is unrealistic. Motor >vehicles will never be banned, but there are those who >would willingly shred our constitution and ban >firearms. > >So -- What to do? We are not going to mass >institutionalize the obvious loons in our midst, nor >try to 'predict' who might do something bizarre in the >future. Politicians will give outrage-speeches to >like-minded choirs; the news-pukes will move on to the >next media event; the people will shake their heads >and try to make-sense of the incomprehensible; society >will continue mass-killing unborn babies by the >millions, complain about the cost of gasoline, and buy >ever larger wide-screen televisions. The Supreme Court >will continue failing to support the constitution, our >students will know more about who won Dancing with The >Stars without being able to name the countries >bordering the USA. Partial birth babies will continue >to be harvested for parts, Death-Panels will proclaim >that you don’t need an expensive organ transplant – >take a pill -- and the cycle will conclude once more: >nothing will change. > >Don Poss
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