CHILDREN KILLING CHILDREN

So, another incident of a child killing and maiming class mates. Everyone is UP IN ARMS about it, and blaming it on everything from God to the National Rifle Association (NRA). Why do we always get so upset about these events? Check these statistics.

According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2011 there were 15,953(44 a day) murders in the United States and 11,101 (30 a day) were caused by firearms. Suicides and unintentional shootings account for another 20,000 (55 a day)deaths by guns each year

Yes, of course, it is a tragic event; however, compared to the above figures it looks a little insignificant. The mere fact that it took place in a few minutes is what opens our eyes. We get angry and want to blame it on everyone from God down to us lowly atheist. If only God had not been chased out of the schoolroom, if only those damn nonbelievers would quit crying about their rights being trampled upon. We are too quick to point our fingers.

We could also blame parents for allowing their little pets to play all those innocent video games like Mortal Kombat. It's a short distance from the reality killing field of a game to the actual killing fields of school. Our little scamps are more adapt a mowing down every figure in front of them than they are at figuring out what's on the blackboard. And, I would venture to say, they spend more time playing reality games than they spend in school and studying. Yet, this too, is not to blame.

So, what or who is to blame? My vote goes for the gun. We need to get rid of them, all of them. Guns are for killing. It is that simple. To stop the killing, we  need to get rid of the guns. I don't give a damn what you say "I only use them for target shooting." Why? You do not learn how to drive if you are never going to drive a vehicle. Why not collect pictures of them? Collecting pictures is fun I have thousands and thousands of them.

"I need a gun to hunt with." Get a bow buddy, and show a little sportsmanship. Give the poor defenseless animals a fighting chance. Besides we already torment, torture, and mistreat billions of animas  each year intended for our dinner plate, not to mention the pollution that saturates our air with rising gassed created by these pore creatures. Think of all the ground that would be available for growing food for our selves, instead of using it for fattening up our dinner stakes. We do not need meat in our diet. If we were ment to eat meat like all other carnivores, we would have evolved with much larger canine teeth. Or, like flies, we would have developed a way to puke on our meal to dissolve it and suck it up through a straw. Besides, we now have the technology to grow meat in the lab.

Guns are for war

We have much more efficient ways of suppressing crowds of people. We have the A-bomb. Now, if only we could keep it out of the hands of other countries or militant groups. We also have nonlethal weapons that we could perfect to disable large groups of combatants long enough to put them into chains. Why do we need guns when we can conduct our fighting from thousands of miles away?

Why not put the blame where it belongs, i.e., the National Rifle Association (NRA) big laugh. It is too big, too powerful, and too rich. Like everything else in this crazy world, the big, the powerful, and the rich controls the small, the insignificant, and the poor.

What is the cure?

Here is my suggestion, although, as above, it is a little ridiculous. We could set up medal detectors at the entrances of all schools, ex-ray everyone, make them take off their shoes, and pat them down just like at the airports. It would create more jobs for our National Security Agency, as if we do not have enough them already. Shhh, let's not mention that. It just might happen.

Check out this video from Bill Moyers. It is the most heartfelt one I came across. Here is another one on how an atheist can cope with Christmas.

Hope you all have pleasant holidays. Thanks. Ray