DriveWithCompassion was created in January of 2018 for stray animals living on the streets of Puerto Rico and around the world. The things that I saw while living in Puerto RIco with respect to strays animals, can never be unseen.
The purpose of DriveWithCompassion is for people to incorporate animal welfare into their daily lives. When we get into our cars, it’s not just about the safety of other drivers and ourselves. We need to consider all living creatures living in the street and the wild. It’s not acceptable to just run over an animal like you ran over some garbage and leave them for dead. We must Drive With Compassion. There’s no humanity without animal welfare.
While DriveWithCompassion is mostly geared towards animal welfare and rescue, we also cover civil rights, gun violence, finance, major current event topics and etc. All topics are written from a perspective of humanity for both animals and people.
The DriveWithCompassion video above is one of the most powerful animal advocacy videos in decades. The last time the world heard such a powerful message was in 1980 when mothers formed the group “Mothers Against Drunk Driving.” Also known as MADD.
As the one year anniversary of Patrick’s death is upon us, and the endless mass shootings in America, I am reminded how fragile life is.
I didn’t say precious. To each their own on that. As for me, I’m not in that camp. I see life as fragile and random.
Today I look back very satisfied that I never had kids. The reason I was willing to take on 7 dogs is because they were already born and needed help. But to deliberately bring life to into THIS WORLD, I just couldn’t buy into that.
My seven dogs and I aren’t a traditional family. But, we’re a family nonetheless. If I live long enough to see all 7 of them live out their full lives, I’ll consider myself very successful.
EVEN IF THERE WERE NO BAD GUYS, NO MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, AND NO TERRORISTS, THERE AWAY TO MANY GUNS IN CIRCULATION.
And yet again, more mass shootings (plural).
Don’t fear Al Queda. Fear your fellow man. More specially, a young white male in their late teens or 20’s. The NRA is the largest terrorist organization in the United States. And they hide behind these words: “The Right to Bear Arms” – More on that below:
1. On Saturday August 3rd, 21 year old, Patrick Crusius from a Dallas Suburb walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and open fired on customers leaving 20 dead and 26 wounded. The Gunman was taken into custody.
2. Within 24 hours on August 4th, 24-year-old Connor Betts, of Bellbrook, Ohio open fired on a crowd of people in downtown Dayton’s Oregon District. He killed 9 people and wounded 27 others. The gunman was killed.
3. On July 28th, just 6 days ago, 19 year old Santino William Legen open fired with an AK-47 at a food festival on Sunday night, in Gilroy, California leaving 3 dead and 17 wounded. Lagen killed a 6 year old boy, 13 year old girl and a young man in his 20’s. The Gunman was killed.
EVEN IF THERE WERE NO BAD GUYS, NO MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, AND NO TERRORISTS, THERE AWAY TO MANY GUNS IN CIRCULATION.
America has a severe gun addiction. And like with any addiction, if not treated will destroy lives and continue to destroy lives. – “The Right to Bear Arms” has become one giant euphemism for the gun industry to sell as many guns as humanly possible. A regular 6 chamber pistol that shoots 6 bullets will protect you just fine.
– The U.S makes up 4 percent of the world’s population but owns over 40 percent of the world’s guns. – There are 850 million civilian guns in the world spread across 230 countries. – The U.S. own 400 million of those civilian guns. There are only 320 million people in the the U.S.
Is anyone surprised that the U.S. has more mass shootings than any other country on earth? – Well, you shouldn’t be. It’s basic math. We have way too many guns in circulation.
Why are AK-47’s, Assault Rifles, AR-15’s or any Semi-Automatics being manufactured in the first place? – Great question. Easy answer, “Profits”. This is not a money bashing article. I’m from Wall Street. I like money. But at the expense of people and animals getting killed left and right? – No, I don’t like money that much. If people believe that it’s morally OK to own these types of guns just because they’re legal, they’re a Huge part of the problem. Their values are inverted.
The gun industry doesn’t sell protection as they profess. They sell fear, anxiety and death. Life Insurance companies sell protection. I believe the term, “The Right to Bears Arms” has become one giant euphemism to guise the gun industry’s real intentions, “Sell as many guns as possible”
The NRA is wrong when they say, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Let’s flip that right side up, “Guns and people, kill animals and people.”
America Values are inverted. It’s supposed to be “Lives before Profits.” – Not the other way around.
Now, the gun problem is a two-sided coin. The gun industry is the main culprit. But, the buyers of these killing machines are a close second. You can read and hear (audio) about the psychology behind America’s obsession with guns and killing.
Solution to substantially eradicate mass shootings and gun violence right now.
We need to ban all guns listed above. No ordinary citizens (non law-enforcement) should be permitted to own any firearms other than a regular pistol and/or a two barrel shotgun (can only shoot two bullets, one at a time, and then has to reloaded). Gun owners should be required by law to buy gun insurance. Crazy? – No, it isn’t. We do it with cars. We most certainly should force insurance on gun owners.
Yes, the above would destroy the Gun Industry. That’s a good thing. We don’t need a booming Gun Industry.
I’ll close with comments for my LinkedIn community. I don’t want you swimming in my waters if you support the NRA in any way, shape, or form. If you do, please remove our connection. If anyone in my LinkedIn community thinks that ordinary citizens (non law-enforcement) should be allowed to have AK-47’s, Assault Rifles, AR-15’s or any Semi Automatic weapons, I want you to remove our connection.
EVEN IF THERE WERE NO BAD GUYS, NO MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, AND NO TERRORISTS, THERE AWAY TO MANY GUNS IN CIRCULATION.
The real meaning of the 2nd Amendment and the psychology behind it. You can listen by audio or read the transcription below. This was originally recorded in 2013.
Things to remember as you’re listening or reading this message – – The U.S makes up 4 percent of the world’s population, but owns over 40 percent of the world’s guns. – There are 850 million civilian guns in the world spread across 230 countries. – The U.S. own 400 million of those civilian guns. There are only 320 million people in the the U.S.
You can verify with Reuters, Forbes and the Washington post (link sources below). All three news outlets picked up a story from the Small Arms Survey. Please verify for yourself.
Those number make it crystal clear that “The Right to Bear Arms’ has very little to do with self protection and much more to do with America’s Obsession with guns and killing. The U.S. has a gun addiction. As we know, the U.S. also has a Opiate addiction. And like any addiction if not treated, will destroy lives.
Audio and transcription below:
Hello friends, Dr. Harp Seal here, thanks for stopping by. I want to shine some light on the second amendment from the perspective from an animal.
As we all know the second amendment is the right to bear arms, it is a right people have. Without getting into if its good or bad, it’s just the way it is. I would imagine that a lot of the animal abuses we speak of, like trophy hunts, canned hunting, deer hunting farms or the black bear hunts in New Jersey and so on, are the same people pounding their chest about this precious second amendment.
The right to bear arms was so people can protect themselves. The people that fight tooth and nail for that protection are the same people going on the offense all year round from specie to specie killing innocent animals. Let’s move onto an annual squirrel hunt in Holley, New York, which is a fundraiser for the Holley Fire Department. It’s literally a contest amongst families, kids included, to kill squirrels. We also recently spoke about an annual racoon hunt in Memphis, Tennessee which is a fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. And for my last example tonight comes from a twitter picture that recently went viral of a man who blew away a mother polar bear right in front the baby bear and then took a picture of this horrific scene with himself in the picture.
So, where am I going with this? Here’s where: All these people that enjoy killing animals can say: “we did it to feed the locals, we did it for population control or we do it for the kids with cancer”. So I want to cut all these euphemisms and clear the deck; people like to kill animals, they always have. And that’s why they will kill any animal for any cause at any time of the year.
When I think of it in those terms, I wonder if the second amendment is one giant euphemism to kill innocent animals any chance you get. Because animals may not be mentioned in the amendment but sure are taking the brunt of it. I will conclude with Dr. Harp Seal’s revision of the slogan “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. The revisions is: “Guns and people kill animals and people”. Thanks everybody, have a nice night.
19 year old Santino William Legen open fired with an AK-47 at a food festival on Sunday night, July 28th 2019 in Gilroy, California leaving 3 dead and 17 wounded. Lagen killed a 6 year old boy, 13 year old girl and a young man in his 20’s. He was able to fire 4 bullets per second said the bystanders. If the Police hadn’t killed him as quickly as they did, he would’ve killed dozens of people.
Lagen purchased the AK-47 legally in Nevada on July 9th. I hope the Gun Salesman had a blast in the city of sin with his commission on that gun sale. It’s amazing, you can’t buy a beer at 19 years old, but an assault rifle, how many you want? – “SOLD TO YOU”
The definition of “Insanity” is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The definition of “Stupidity” is knowing it’s insane, and doing it anyway.
No ordinary citizen should be permitted to own any guns other than a regular pistol and/or a two barrel shotgun. That will substantially reduce mass shootings and gun deaths right now.
Gun Control will help. It won’t solve everything, but it will help. New Zealand experienced one mass shooting back in March of 2019, and within 3 days completely revamped their gun laws and policies.
We’re so busy arguing over keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill (which is a given), that we’re defying basic arithmetic.The U.S. owns 35 percent of the world’s gun population. There are 197 countries in the world. Think about that. There are way too many Guns in circulation
EVEN IF THERE WERE NO BAD GUYS, NO MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, AND NO TERRORISTS, THERE AWAY TO MANY GUNS IN CIRCULATION.
This has nothing to do with rights anymore. It’s just basic math. The U.S. has more mass shooting than any country on earth.It’s supposed to be “Lives before Profits”, not the other way around. We don’t need a booming gun industry. We need a change in values.
The gun industry doesn’t sell protection as they profess. They sell fear, anxiety and death. Life Insurance companies sell protection.I believe the term, “The Right to Bears Arms” has become one giant euphemism to guise the gun industry’s real intentions, “Sell as many guns as possible”
The NRA is wrong when they say, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Let’s flip that right side up, “Guns and people, kill animals and people.” – The obsession with guns and killing is out of control.
The US needs to put Lives before Profits. Until we do that, we’re going to have more mass shootings. Whose kids are Next?
The Wolverine and I at La Concha Hotel in Puerto Rico
My Father was Right about Puerto Rico –
In 1978 my family and I were staying at the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico. We used to go every year. I used to ask my father why always Puerto Rico with a whole big world out there? He answered me with total conviction: “Because Puerto Rico is the most beautiful place on Earth”.
This picture was taken 41 years later. My father was right.
Sincerely, Scott Smith, Patrick Father’s and General to the greatest Wolfpack is the history of the world. Wolfpack 8 to be precise.
Rocky was so grateful when I Rescued him. Nothing short of a miracle.
It was an ordinary Thursday on November 19th, 2015 when I found you in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
You were sick, frail and tick infested. You were starving to death.
At first when you approached me and my little dogs, I was quite concerned. But, then when you just sat down right beside us, I heard what you were saying to me. You were letting me that you couldn’t make it alone anymore.
You never slept in the street again. This picture was only a month later when you’d become as strong as a horse. The gratitude you showed me was worth all the efforts I made to bring you back to life.
I love you Rocky. You are almost home, you just don’t know it yet.
Sincerely, Scott Smith, Patrick’s Father and General to the greatest Wolfpack in the history of the world. Wolfpack 8 to be precise.
