Walk Of Death

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.”