Texas A&M Shooting: Gunman, Officer And Civilian Dead In College Station Shooting (LIVE UPDATES)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/texas-am-shooting-college-station_n_1773387.html?utm_hp_ref=college
Woops, spoke to soon. The news day just sped up.
Y'know what? I'm getting pretty sick of this shit. It seems like we can't go a full week without hearing about another fucking shooting. What the fuck is it? What's the fucking problem? You want to know what the fucking problem is? Sad, powerless people who want to take 'revenge' on the society that 'wronged' them have easy access to human hole punchers. Pretty simple problem, right? Simple solution? None in sight.
The gun lobby has too great an influence on our legislative process for there to be any meaningful steps taken even after something like this:
It's just a sad, sad reality here in the United States that even Obama can do little to change. He would if he could, but he can't, so he won't kind of thing.
But what about the Gordon Cowdens, the John Larimers, and the Micayla Medeks of the world? What? You mean they had hopes and dreams, and their hearts were filled with love? Who cares? I love guns. Oh, how about Veronica Moser-Sullivan, just 6 years old? No? Still not enough to make you re-think things? Gotcha. (What was a six year old doing at a midnight showing of Batman? Never mind...)
So why did these people die again? What is so fucking important that needs preserving even in the face of this madness?
Our right to own guns? Come on. Wake up, America. The sad thing about people is that they won't make any changes in their thinking until tragedy touches them personally.
So all you people flaming and threatening one another here on Rollitup... seriously, just what the hell are you doing?
Edit:
And it should be noted that I am liberal-leaning politically (duh), but if you think I'm a tree-hugging peacenick, no way. I've owned guns, I've shot guns, I've loved guns. I even had a sick fascination with them as a kid. But having had my experience with guns in my adulthood, feeling the weight of the hardware, the ammo, feeling the hard kick of the big caliber recoil, I absolutely know how dangerous they are. You don't really know until you go in the mountains and demolish a TV with a 12 gauge. You can obliterate anything and anyone even from far away with that shit. Scary. Never point a gun at another human being... especially a fucking shotgun. And that's one to grow on.
Just so you know I'm not bullshitting, there was a period in my life when I owned the shorty forty Smith and Wesson and the limited edition 9mm with machine (not satin) finish. I had two 15 shot magazines (now no longer available in consumer market) filled with Black Talon hollow points (now no longer available). This SW 9mm was a fucking sweet fucking gun. Guns and Ammo cover shit. The limited edition machine finish had a unique look right in the middle between chrome and satin, and it was accented by a special polished walnut grip. Fuckin' sweet ass gun. The action was like silk. Beautiful control in rapid fire. Perfect gun for unloading an entire magazine on your enemy. My friends favored the wide eject port configuration of the Berettas, but I liked the tight, square look of the Smith and Wesson. See? How would I know all that?
So knowing what I know about firearms, I'm coming from a more realistic place than some hippy who's never held a real gun. Is the average American responsible enough to own a firearm? The answer is without hesitation no. I would love to have a discussion with Obama about it. But would I have the balls to prepare a statement and deliver it to him? I think I could do it, if it was just me and him... and we got high on some of my shit. How about an address to Congress? Can you see my stoned ass in the Congressional chamber demanding saner gun and pot laws? Yeah...