And yet again, another mass shooting. A gunman opened fire at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) property in San Jose, California killing 9 people and wounding others. The shooter was 57 year old, Sam Cassidy, an employee of the VTA. The victims were his colleagues and they were specifically targeted. After the killing spree, Cassidy took his own life. So, while Covid deaths are down, gun violence and deaths are way up. Walking out of the house has literally become a roll of the dice with your life.
The US has an addiction to guns the world has never seen before. And like with any addition, until the addict acknowledges the problem, the carnage will continue. The US is 4% of the world’s population and yet owns 40% of the world’s guns. Even if there were no bad guys, no mentally ill people, and no terrorists, there are way too many guns in circulation.
The fact that someone is a law-abiding gun owner misses the point. All of it’s feeding into America’s addiction to guns.
DriveWithCompassion is recommending the below solutions in order to eradicate the mass shooting epidemic in the US.
1. Ordinary citizens should NOT be allowed to own any firearms other than a regular pistol that shoots 6 bullets, one at a time. 2. Require all gun owners to purchase gun insurance.
3. Ban ALL Military Style Weapons.
4. Education. – People need to understand that guns are bad news. Just like drugs are bad news. Guns should NOT be a hobby or a pastime. It’s killing our society. Instead of hunting animals or shooting clay pigeons, take your family out to dinner. Instead of your teenagers playing Mortal Combat type games for 5 hours a day, have them volunteer at an animal shelter.
There’s no place for guns in the digital age. Millennials and Generation Z don’t want our guns, greed and wars. It’s time to repeal the 2nd Amendment and replace it with common sense gun control. It’s supposed to be lives before profits. Not the other way around.
Thank you for hearing me out.