Lone wolf, they called him, the gunman on the 32nd floor with
Automatic Weapons
not
Semi-automatic. There's a difference, you know. I don't really understand it, but they say
anyone can make the adjustment, it's not
Very hard. Something about "bump stocks", about which now even the NRA says: "hmmm..." Nothing you can't make with a 3D printer though. Humans are nothing if not inventive. Especially when it comes to killing each other.
Everything feels unreal. "Bratatatat" strikes terror in my soul, and I'm only watching from
behind a screen. 59 dead. Over 500 wounded. It's hard to comprehend, really.
That's a lot of blood, pain, confusion, lives cut short because of
Guns.
Guns kill people. This is true. Sure, I get it -- People kill people. This is also true.
Also true is this: People with guns kill more people than people without guns.
Believe me, I've read and heard all the
Arguments. But right now ---- I'm just. So. Tired. Of. Them. All.
It's time to say,
Simply -- Make the Laws.
Take the guns away.
Pistols? Rifles? sure, ok
Kill a pheasant or deer any day.
Machine guns, though? No one needs those. Well, at least not 42 of them. I mean, you can only shoot one at a time, right? So let's have a talk about reasonable gun laws then. Can we do that?
What is reasonable?
And while we're at it, let's talk about mental health care, shall we? About making sure we don't prescribe drugs that we know cause aggressive or psychotic behavior. About making sure everyone feels that they are a part of a community.
Let's make it so there are no more "Lone Wolves" who feel so apart from society and reality that they take it out on the innocent, and leave us all wondering.....
W
H
Y
?
3 comments:
You would need 42 if it was a zombie apocalypse.
Great job. This was so clever.
I really like your writing... it is a very sad story. :( I like how you wrote about this.
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