It seems like every couple of years or so we Americans enter into heated arguments about gun control and making firearms illegal . I know, you have probably heard or read on some bumper sticker that the day guns are outlawed only outlaws will have them. Well friends if you do not believe this all you have to do is take a drive down south to Mexico and see for yourselves. I lived there for three years and can honestly tell you, that without a doubt that it is absolutely true. Only murdering mafiosos and law enforcement officials have them, and there is virtually no distinction between the two. Now then, what I am about to say now will surely have you anti-gun people in an uproar, but listen closely to what i am saying and think about it with an open mind. WE DO NOT HAVE A GUN PROBLEM. What we do have is a VIOLENCE AND LACK OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE PROBLEM, that stems from many different reasons. the first is both parents are working and no one is at home raising your kids. The second i believe is Hollywood and the way they make murdering innocent people look so darn cool. Because of their lack of creativity they have to resort to shock value to sell tickets. The only problem with that is , when you've seen ten or twenty thousand murders on film they tend to loose their shock value, and teaches your kids that its no big deal to go out and blow someone brains out. The third is the internet, want to make a bomb just go to your p.c.and find out how You can go to u-tube or even face book and find gruesome videos of real people getting tortured , beaten, and shot in the head, like its no big deal , brought to your childrens P.C. screen all via the internet. One example of the movies i'm talking about is a movie called God Bless America, that features a man that lost his job. And also has a brain tumor so he decides he is going to go out and kill inocent people that he deems unworthy of life. On his first kill he picks up a fan that is a teenage girl who thinks what he is doing is so cool. So they team up and start a killing spree. Now dosent that sound really funny, because its listed in genre as a comedy.This is the kind of crap that your kids see in one form or another everyday. It might it might surprise you to know that i am not a gun owner, but if they ever make the right to own one illegal that,s the day i will go out and buy one because i believe thats when we all will need them the most. And last but not least, Violent Video Games. I cant count the number of times i have seen my relatives kids playing violent video games that range anywhere from car jacking to murder even picking up prostitutes. All of these games have a rating on them just like the movies and just like the movies no one really pays much attention to them. So now then, is it really so surprising to us all ; when some kid with a chemical imbalance and a low self esteem picks up a gun and goes off on a killing rampage. By now you are probably thinking so what can we do to stop all this violence. Education and the promotion of peace and respect for all life forms is a good place to start. Also if you and your spouse are both working one of you should quit!!!! Thats right just quit, change your priorities and quit. Even if you have to go on food stamps your childs life is worth way more than that new pair of sneakers and designer labels and cell phones you buy for them. You might be thinking my familys not going to be living off the government. Well guess what? They created this problem with the economy and cost of living sky-rocketing, so if we can pay for a war and a space program. Let them flip the bill for helping you raise a healthy mentally balanced child. The answer to this violence problem is not an easy one; but taking away someones constitutional right to own a firearm will only cause a person who decides to go on a killing spree to use something else. The next best thing in these sick minded people would be building a bomb, and if that happens its going to take away a lot more lives than a firearm can. We have to come together as a society and promote peace and acceptance of all customs and religions and races and any other differences we my have before we can expect to see any real changes, and that starts at home teaching our children right from wrong, love and respect. If we fail it will, someday i think surely be the end of civilization and eventually mankind. We are our own worst enemys!!!. So in closing i will just say that if we do not address the hate and violence problems that we have all around the world, making fire arms illegal will really not make any difference. So in the words of my Favorite Rasta man Bob Marley "ONE LOVE. ONE LIFE, LETS GET TOGETHER AND FEEL ALRIGHT' peace out Y'all.
