TOO MANY GUNS???

Another school shooting. This one was especially terrible. These victims were fourth graders. Equally tragic was the fact that the shooter was an eighteen-year-old kid. It has been reported that his father is non-existent and his mother is in jail on drug charges. This punk started his day by shooting his grandmother in the face. Then he was off to the elementary school to kill as many kids as he could. I do not think his choice of victims was an accident. I believe he was looking for a place where he could do his evil act with little to no resistance.  

 

The talking heads on TV are attempting to come up with reasons for why this happened. I'll answer that for them. A wing nut who was obviously crazy decided to become famous. Well, he succeeded. He is both famous and dead. We are told he bought two rifles and a lot of ammunition as soon as he turned eighteen. This was completely legal with the laws already in place. It has been reported that this killer had an extensive juvenile record of interaction with police. Of course those records are sealed which kinda negates the value of a background check.  

 

That, of course, isn't good enough for some of the more liberal among us. I am sure they believe that if the law was a little bit more restrictive, we could have saved those kids and their teachers. Sorry liberals, but all the laws in the world will not stop a killer intent upon killing. Just look at Chicago and New York City. Their gun laws are some of the strictest in the country and yet gun crimes happen every day. As long as we keep worrying more about the tools a killer uses instead of the killer himself, we will never come close to the solutions we all seek.

 

So now here comes the politicians ready to solve the problem of too many guns. Joe Biden said this week-end that the second amendment was not what it appears. I am sure he and his ilk intend to try to either change the amendment or get rid of it all together. Well guess what Joe, that ain't gonna happen. That amendment is there to protect us from you Joe and all those who think like you. 

 

After the Florida school shooting I wrote in my column that our problem was not too many guns but actually too few guns. In that column I offered as a possible solution that we select a teacher or two, preferably veterans, in all schools, and teach them gun security and safety, then provide them with a high quality firearm. In addition, we would require them to stay qualified. At that point we would advertise that the school was under the protection of armed guards. The only way to stop a gun is with another gun. I believe if either the Florida school or the Texas school had such a program in place, the real probability would be far fewer deaths with the possible exception of the perpetrator. Do you think these nutcases would even try to take on a facility where they knew there were armed guards and they would shoot back?

 

It seems every major shooting event that happens in this country is just another invitation for liberal politicians to slide out from under their rocks and look for ways to take our freedom away. For their information my freedoms are sacred to me. Neither my freedoms nor my guns are available to be confiscated. Find another way to deal with this. 

 

Ron Scarbro June 1, 2022