A hammer doesn’t build a house, people do.
A car doesn’t drive itself [well, until recently], people do.
A book doesn’t read or write itself, people do.
A gun doesn’t kill people, people kill people.
It’s really that simple. A hammer, a car, a book, a gun all have one thing in common; they are inanimate objects. Left to their own devices, they just sit there and collect dust. Believe me, I have dusty stuff all over the place. Humans are unique. We are far from inanimate; we think, we feel, we act. And, to the extent any of the zillions of inanimate objects we use every day are evil, it would only be due to the manner in which they were used – or misused – by a human. They are all just mere tools.
If a hammer smashes the brains out of a man on the street, it’s because of a human.
If a car mows down scores of pedestrians in the name of Allah, it’s because of a human.
If a book is used as kindling to burn down a family’s home, it’s because of a human.
And, if a gun mows down 17 children at a school, it because of a human.
That tells me the place to look is at human behavior. Look to evil.
It is often said that America has some sort of Cowboy-style “gun culture.” That is pure BS. I have 4 guns and all 4 are very well-behaved. I have them because I like them. I have them because I want home defense. I have one because it is something of a collector’s item. That is the case with almost all gun-owners; self-defense, hunting, recreational shooting. Hardly a “gun culture.” WE have a device [read Smart Phone] culture – and a lot of harm comes from it.
We are blessed to live in this Country – a country we may be ruining, but a country that was founded on the highest principles & freedoms. We are so fortunate for that. The right to own and bear arms is a Constitutional right granted by those principles & freedoms.
The gun is not the problem. The person is. The evil or demented person that misuses the tool.. The Society that creates & enables the circumstances that allows people to fester in a world of psychological filth … that’s to blame. Tough to deal with. Requires soul-searching.
So much easier to just blame the gun.
Next time you have a hammer in your hand, just imagine the damage you could do, if only you were demented.
PS – As for the NRA, they are just an advocate group, of which I have been a member at times, working hard to keep the ultimate hard-left goal of having a mass gun confiscation from ever becoming reality in this Country.
esident. There is nothing brave, nothing that should be admired, about it. Throughout schooling of recent years – and particularly so in many of our public schools; and exceedingly so in most of our Universities – young people begin the process of a type of “soft” indoctrination. So, generations are now hatching out of a cult-like education rather than a readin’,’rightin’ & ‘rithmetic hands on REAL education — filled with history & science & civics & added skills to help one succeed in the real, after school, world. Now, it’s gender studies, white privilege. So, right there, you start out at a “thinking” disadvantage.
with PC is an Old Angry White Man. Those unfortunate individuals are sometimes [often] Women, or Blacks, or any number of other shades of the Rainbow. And that is not the Natural Order of things in this Rainbow land. How does my old friend, The Left, account for this? Demonize! What other explanation could there be? They must be evil Demons. The problem with PC is that it doesn’t allow for another friend of mine … Free Thinker. Weird … because The Left thinks he IS Free Thinker. But, PC always gets in the way. That is a problem and he doesn’t see that.
ny one color. The story, gruesome as it is, is a fascinating one. You may read about it, as there is much written. But, I would highly recommend a video, “Shaka Zulu”. It was originally a 10 part mini-series on TV, so it is long. But it will help you get a sense of another culture in a very entertaining way. The tale is one story told in two parallel versions – that of the Scottish [?] scientist Dr. Henry Flynn, from his journal, and the mystical story as told by Shaka’s mother, Nandi, [I believe, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen this movie] through the Zulu mythology of the High Priestess of the tribe. You will see the brutality, the slavery, the impaling, the utter disregard for life – and Americans had nothing to do with it at all. See it; absorb it; read more about it; there are stories of wars and killings and unholiness all through time. It all did not start with Columbus. If you can accept that, you might be able to see your Country in a much better, compassionate light.