America surprises me…yet again.
The greatest nation of the world has 79 mass shooting records in a span of 30
years which is way higher than the total number of mass shooting that has taken
place in the history of the last 30 years. And these are not fighting for
freedom or colonisation. It is during
the time of living the most comfortable life in the time of human
civilisation. Of course, the United
States has permissive gun licensing laws as per the 2nd Amendment which allows
which everyone but specially prohibited groups of persons to purchase a
firearm. An individual does not have to justify purchasing a weapon; rather,
the licensing authority has the burden of proof to deny gun acquisition.
Isn’t that amazing way to a dignified social security?
Why do mass shooting happen is
something the USA should give some serious thought to. It is the basic action
that needs to stop in that country, the biggest picture of which is fighting
terrorism. A country with ban on firearm possession can then classify of
domestic terrorism and international terrorism which should again include
providing ammunition to the countries that need food, clothing, medicine,
shelter and earnings. The majority of active shooters, as per my thinking, are
linked to mental health issues through being bullied and discontented in
personal or professional life. They are also driven by a variety of personal or
political motivations that are not aimed at weakening the government legitimacy
but some kind of revenge or a quest for power. From the Labor Day of
1949 a Howard Unruh started this “Walk of Death” and till today, the USA has no
answer to stop or control ownership and use of firearms in the civil
neighbourhoods. It is time to stop saying that guns make us safer.
Gun control does not hurt anyone’s
freedom. It is important for a nation to have ban on the possession of the
firearms. Gun control and healthy community is very similar to the relationship
between the speed limit and the seat belt of a car. We all know it is a lobby
of high $$$ and that is where America denies to pass a sensible gun legislation
and take control of their own doings.
What is required is an access to a better and
affordable medical health system for the Americans and not the access to
guns. The government, society and
parents must start filling the lives of the American kids with community
feeling, voluntary activities and affordable medical/psychiatric assistance when
needed, sow the sense of accountability for their actions and not hand them
with a gun to make them feel safe. In the end, I must quote by DaShanne Stokes,
“When a country with less than five % of
the world's population has nearly half of the world's privately owned guns and
makes up nearly a third of the world's mass shootings, it's time to stop saying
guns make us safer.”
