Now This Makes Sense!

My friend Ashley shared an article on facebook and I really quite like it! You should read it, although I don't expect many of you to agree.  "Do We Have the Courage To Stop This?"

I've been a bit of a basket case all weekend regarding the issues of the Connecticut shootings.   Just ask Tom who's been dealing with a PMSy wife who switches back and forth from bawling about these precious little ones who lost their lives to complete rage about how nobody she knows seems to think that guns are any part of the problem.

Don't mistake me for saying that guns are the root of the problem. I realize that there is so much more to it. But be damn sure that I think guns are making it way too easy to make these mass killings possible!! (Yep, the seminary teacher's wife is a closet swearer.)  I don't think you're evil if you own one, but I personally hate guns. Completely and totally despise them!  (Trust me, I realize that in my circle of friends I am in the minority on that one.)  People go on and on about their rights, but in my opinion, if lives can be spared by better control then it's time to get over yourself!

The blog posts I've read the past couple days saying "if everybody would be kind and just love one another" make me roll my eyes. Well, duh! Yes, those are great reminders and I strive every day to teach my children compassion, and how to be gentle, and how to serve, and to stop throwing things in the toilet.  Wait, that may be another topic. But that as the only solution, as some of these bloggers are alluding to, makes zero sense to me. Yes, it would be so fabulous if we could all stand in a circle holding hands singing Kumbaya. But while we're all working on that, why not make things more difficult for those to obtain guns who might not know the words to Kumbaya quite yet? I put things up high that are dangerous for Everett. (That's not just a random thought...it goes with my previous sentence.)

I've listened a fair amount to the opinions of those who own guns and try to remain open minded to their reasons--I think many points are valid actually. But more often than not, in the rare moments that I actually express my views, I get treated like I'm stupid--like I just must not be getting something.  For that reason I am not leaving the comment section open. I think I deserve a turn to express how I feel and let it be. I just felt like I was going to burst if I didn't get it out!