Connecticut Domestic Terrorist Event

WARNING! I am "going there" and taking you with me. Viewer discretion is advised.
 
**drags out soap box**
*drinks some water*

First and foremost, let me say that I am not shocked nor overtly appalled at the Domestic Terrorist event in Connecticut. Why? Because while this is horrendous and a massacre and a tragedy, it is one that is too often repeated in The United States. Often by troubled, bullied students. So don't get me wrong, it is a sickening and sad event. However, it is also one that happens with enough frequency within this country that I for one have grown a thick skin in reaction to it. In my opinion, that speaks more volumes on the subject than anything else.
Frankly, it is high time that we as United States citizens grow the frak up and have the conversation about real gun control and mental illness. And before you start pounding on your keyboards, understand something really important in the argument I am bringing: When I talk about gun control, it does NOT mean that I want to take away all guns within the boundaries of The United States. As a citizen of this country, I do believe in the right to bear arms as defined by The Second Amendment of The Bill of Rights of The United States Constitution, "to maintain a well regulated militia". What we have now is an unregulated population fueled by paranoia, fear of "the other" and a self-righteousness that is quite zealous and that is what I'm talking about and feel the need to stop.
And let's be real people, now is not the time to have the talk about gun control. Why? Because we should have had this talk years ago! When do you think it's time to talk about gun control? After we have put this kind of shooting behind us? Then it's already way too damn late for the talk. But yet, we still need to have it. We as a country and a society need to reexamine our views and beliefs in regards to guns. We also need to have the uncomfortable conversations about poverty, race, mental illness and sexism too because they are all intertwined with guns and violence. And let's face it, we Americans do love our violence but cower in fear of sex. That's a problem. We have no issue placing our children in front of violent games and shows, more than not so we don't have to interact with them due to time constraints or because we ourselves are so drugged up on some pill or another that we can't even regulate nor process our own emotions and thoughts.
And why do I bring up poverty? Because is this country, we continually associate that with People of Color because of views we where taught, what we see on the television and what The Mainstream Mass Media Whores keep vomiting on our screens. And those are the same people who love and revile in being the people who have to sensationalize this whole affair to get ratings and pander to the fear while reinforcing the intolerance, ignorance and intellectual illiteracy of the populace. Also, People of Color are more persecuted in The United States for various reason, mostly or partly due to poverty and the resulting views associated with it. However, when it comes to these mass shootings, it's seemingly always a White Male who is the perpetrator. And this is where sexism comes into place. Some men feel emasculated because of Women's Rights. Why? I wish I knew but I think it's completely based in fear. The fear that women will do to men what men have done to women for thousands of years. But that feeling and fear brings about a rage that causes some Caucasian men to snap and take it out on innocent people, such as we've seen repeatedly. Yet, no one wants to talk about it. It's far easier to sweep it under the rug and forget about it until the next time. Then it's repeat the cycle all over again. And I'm not saying male People of Color don't snap or are the ones who do mass shootings. It just seems that you don't see it as often.
And Mental Illness is a topic that has to be discussed. We want to ignore it yet it causes these types of episodes and actions due to it going untreated.  Funding is cut again and again, but the same cunts who take the funding away go on the news and ask why this violence happens! Frankly, they caused it by cutting funding to the places that would have treated the people who need it and should be prosecuted just as harshly as the person wielding the weapon. Instead, they close de-funded facilities and these poor folks are thrown onto the streets and we've got to deal with their actions and the fallout from it all. Yet we all have the nerve to ask, "Why did this happen?"
To go along with poverty and race; if we want to have people on Welfare drug tested before receiving benefits, then those who want guns should have to have a Psychological Evaluation! Our gun laws in this country need to be rebuilt after the erosion brought on by the Lobbyists for The National Rifle Association! Why do you need an AK-47? Or any sort of Military or Para-Military grade weapon? I'm all for having a pistol, a non-automatic handgun, shotgun or hunting rifle. But something used to take out the walls of a building? WHY?! Are you making up for a small dick or something? Or do you have penis envy if you're a woman? Someone explain this to me.
Also, explain to me how we can have only 5% of the world's population, yet account for over half of the guns and 80% of gun related deaths compared to the 23 richest countries? Take a step back and think about this! Why do we even have to wonder why the rest of the world looks at us like we're a damned Insane Asylum? We're having more issues with who we want to legally issue Marriage Licenses to than we do about Gun Control and Safety! And you've got the pro-gun people thinking that outlawing guns won't stop gun violence yet most if not all of these people think that outlawing abortion will stop abortions. It makes me want to smack my head against the nearest brick wall.

*pauses to drink some more water*

The day before The Connecticut Tragedy, there was a man in China who went to a school with a knife and cut up anyone he came across. Yet not one person died. What does that say? I'm not trying to downplay either of these actions. However, a knife can cause serious, mortal damage. Yet no one in China died. There's a lesson to be drawn from that when compared to what happened in Connecticut.
At least I think so.
The United States of America needs to have The Gun Talk. Now, before the next mass shooting. And I'm not looking forward to it, but you and I know there will be one if we don't stand up and talk this over! I do not want to see The Second Amendment overturned. As I stated before, I do support The Second Amendment as it was ratified on December 15th, 1791, "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." But mark my words, there will be another mass shooting. I hope that it won't be at a school. Hell, I hope it just won't happen, but it will so long as we keep ignoring the elephant AND the gorilla in the room.
But, if history is any guide, the people of this country will just ignore the problem in the hopes that it will go away and, yet again, be shocked at the violence when it happens yet again. And again the next time and so on and so on. And the rest of the world will shake its collective head in sheer amazement at our willingness to be blind to a problem that will only add to the direct downfall of The United States. We need to grow up, have these uncomfortable talks and be willing to grow and change to be able to survive and have a nation to hand to our future generations. However, that may just be too much to ask of a country too cattle-like to care. So long as something pops up that will divert the attention away from 'the ugly truth' and keep the masses content, fat, happy and enslaved in the sheer stupidity of shallowness then we will fail over and over again and wonder why.

I'm going to close this with two posts I put on my Facebook page in response to this whole mess, I think it should sum up this post fairly well, or add to it further.

1) Guns are not the problem. The people who use them are the problem. Add on laws that are too lax and open to interpretation and you get the mess we are seeing, yet again, about a school shooting. As a citizen of The United States, I believe in the Right to Bear Arms. However, there are some guns that SHOULD NOT be allowed to be sold or owned. Further more, what keeps me terrified is how The Second Amendment has gone from being used to support "a well REGULATED militia" to supporting an unregulated public. A gun is a tool that is continually misused. Yet we seemingly want nothing to do with changing our views on it and our tolerance for this kind of senseless and mindless violence.
2) Seriously, this shit in Connecticut is already get sensationalized?! One doesn't need to wonder why the Mainstream Mass Media Whores aren't liked; why Repuklicunts AND Demoncraps are seen as opportunistic, hypocritical cunts and why this country can be such a laughing stock at times.
My heart breaks for those families who lost people, especially the kids. But to have this whole thing turned into a circus for ratings and fear mongering infuriates me beyond belief! Times like this I truly feel one of the few sane people in an insane world.