To Shoot or Not to Shoot - That is the Question

Good morning everyone!  So the topic of today is the major controversial issue of gun control. Gun control has been a topic of debate for some time now, however due to the recent event in Connecticut, it has been fully ignited and taken into serious consideration.

Earlier this morning I was listening to the radio and Reverend Al Sharpton spoke on behalf of the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary. He said he was completely moved by not the tragedy, but the individuals who were taken. Twenty children were taken from their families because a man had access to assault weapons and wasn't treated thoroughly for a mental illness which might have initiated the attack. 

However, what he mainly focused on while on the radio was our culture and how violence is deeply rooted into our psyche. We see it all the time in movies, commercials, on the radio, etc. Unfortunately, attempting to take violence out of our culture will be a treacherous road. Even though the nation knows about the event, many people are still going to side with assault weapons and high capacity magazines to be allowed in the hands of normal citizens. 


For example, there has also been an incident yesterday regarding an 11 year old bring an unloaded gun to school for defense. In my book, that is not bueno. Children should not feel the need to carry guns for their own protection. The thought of using excessive violence to solve problems and defense should not be clouding the minds of our children. Full story can be found here.

Larry Hyatt, owner of the largest privately owned gun business in the country made a statement for the Huffington Post regarding assault weapon bans. He stated that even if we make a nationwide ban, it wouldn't solve our issues. I agree with him because there are many, many different ways of massively killing people as he mentioned in the video above. Laws on just banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines will not completely solve our problems. It is only part of the solution.

So what do we need to do? As Al Sharpton said this morning, do NOT buy toy guns for your kids. Do NOT let them be consumed by violence on television and movies. Monitor your children's behavior because they are the one's who take culture to their heart and soul and mix it in with their rights and wrongs. If they feel the need that violence is the only solution for defense and survival, teach them differently.

Love is All We Need

Good afternoon everybody. I want to take a break from the normal posts and give a moment to the victims of the recent shooting in Newton, Connecticut. This shooting has been one of the most massive shootings we've had occur in the country, but this one truly stood out.

America has been ravaged by shootings for the past century by people who have been strayed away from the right path. They slaughter multiple innocent lives for motives which weren't righteously made. The impacts of each shooting is devastating to not only the victims and the local area, but for the nation. We live in America for opportunity, success, and lively living, but how are we supposed to fulfill those desires when we're too scared of taking a step out of the house?

President Obama grieved and struggled through tears
while giving his speech concerning the shooting.
Luke Sharrett for the New York Times

It is a heavy act, a shooting that is. However, the recent shooting is what truly left our hearts broken. 28 total people were taken by the hands of the corrupt man who then killed himself. Yet, the devastation isn't the total amount of people, but the total amount of children who were viciously taken from this world. Children who were our future. Children who hasn't even touched one percent of life's experiences. Children who had goals, dreams, aspirations, ambitions. Children who were going to raise their own children one day. 

“We’re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics,” Mr. Obama said. The president, a proud parent himself, was truly feeling the pain of every parent in the nation. So what must we do to prevent tragedies like this from happening? We must focus on what might initiate someone to wanted to murder people. 

We know they are already studying issues like this, but its time to take that knowledge into our own hands. We are affected as much as the researchers are and we need to know what we can do to stop somebody because that somebody could be your own neighbor!

So what can we do? Always take the time to listen to somebody. People like to be appreciated for what they have and intensive listening to people can go a long way. Always present positive energies to everyone you meet. Being negative, rude, and downright nasty only breeds more negative energy. It spreads fast and we want positive energies to flow fast from person to person. 

All in all, what we must accomplish, is to learn to love everybody and everything. Love is what brings us together, love is what keeps us together, and spreading love together is what will prevent any more of these massive killings from happening in the future. Dissipate the hate.