If you think gun control is the answer, you’re part of the problem.
I recently got into an argument on social media probably three days following the events in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Route 91 festival over gun control and here are my thoughts on the other correspondent’s words. I posted on Ellen Pompeo (from Grey’s Anatomy)’s Instagram on her post regarding the events and the need for gun control:
“This is so mind-numbingly ignorant. Drunk driving, we blame the person, not the alcohol, shooting, we blame the gun.”
Someone responded with “Can it not be both?”
“Absolutely not. A gun is a physical object. By itself, it will not fire. A human must pull the trigger. A human being must drink alcohol to drive drunk. A human must be involved for a gun to do any damage. Do not blame the gun on this. It didn’t just go “I think I’ll fire and kill a shit ton of people.” A human decided that. A human decides to drink and doesn’t find a safe alternative home. These are all a human’s choices a human makes. A bottle doesn’t drive drunk. A gun doesn’t fire without the trigger being pulled. That doesn’t happen.”
To which she responded: “Okay, you’re one of those unwilling to try something new to stop people from dying. Got it.”
“and blaming a gun will stop people from dying? Obama did that through eight years of presidency and I didn’t see any positive results there; Orlando 2016? Aurora Colorado 2012? So ignorant that you blame an inanimate object for the deaths of others. Got it.”
So let me talk about my experiences with guns. I have handled guns. I have shot guns. I have hunted. I have cleaned guns. I have guns in my house. I have been around guns for my entire life and not once has a gun ever fired on its own, or harmed anything or anyone without human involvement. People that say that guns are the issue are ignorant.
I can personally say that whenever there is a mass shooting and if the coward who was involved is not killed or kills himself, and goes to court, I do not believe for one second that insanity is the case. I do not believe in temporary insanity. It’s bullshit to me. I believe that someone wanted to be an asshole and kill a bunch of people, and they did it.
They planned it, they committed the murders. I also believe in the definition provided by dictionary.com of the word terrorist. “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.” A terrorist does not need to be from outside of our country. A terrorist can be anyone with a fucked up mindset to cause issues, and that’s one area I disagree with media outlets.
Guns have saved members of my family’s lives. Guns have protected our house from intruders. Guns have never done any wrong to any person without the involvement of a human.
So why must we blame them when they can do no harm to us? Exactly.
