ImpulsE69
Lifer
- Jan 8, 2010
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The cry out against guns is no different than ancestors creating gods to pray to and blame for drought etc. People are scared and frustrated and want answers while not understanding the true issue. I wish someone knew what the solution was, but the issue isn't black and white nor easy to fix with a sweeping law. The issue is and has always been humans, not the weapons they wield. Humans have always killed humans for a multitude of reasons and I don't see that ever stopping. It's a pipe dream to think we're suddenly going to change. Guns are just this years weapon of the week. Eventually it'll move on to something else.
As for comparing guns to other items, the comparison is sound if not 100% lined up. Unless a lawn dart got up and threw itself, it is always a human behind the throwing, just like a gun being shot. What that human decides to point at is the issue. How that human decides to use the item is the issue. As has been mentioned countless times at this point, you aren't going to get rid of guns in any fashion that is going to solve the problem you are trying to solve, so the solution must lie elsewhere. That solution is fixing the humans to not be so self centered and emotional. Most likely..that won't happen either.
Now, let that sink in. Feel that sinking feeling of despair? That is reality. This is where your 'just do something' people come from. They cannot accept that something bad can happen with no easy button solution. Sometimes you can't fix everything. Sometimes you just have to let things play out and hope for the best. Only thing you can control is you.
Or...maybe thought police.
As for comparing guns to other items, the comparison is sound if not 100% lined up. Unless a lawn dart got up and threw itself, it is always a human behind the throwing, just like a gun being shot. What that human decides to point at is the issue. How that human decides to use the item is the issue. As has been mentioned countless times at this point, you aren't going to get rid of guns in any fashion that is going to solve the problem you are trying to solve, so the solution must lie elsewhere. That solution is fixing the humans to not be so self centered and emotional. Most likely..that won't happen either.
Now, let that sink in. Feel that sinking feeling of despair? That is reality. This is where your 'just do something' people come from. They cannot accept that something bad can happen with no easy button solution. Sometimes you can't fix everything. Sometimes you just have to let things play out and hope for the best. Only thing you can control is you.
Or...maybe thought police.
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