Thought #4 - Gun violence, Gun control, Gun stupidity

Again the people commenting on CNN's article about gun violence amaze me.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/niu.irpt/index.html
This article is in regards to the shootings in Illinois. Another mentally ill person managed to get ahold of a gun and shoot around 22 people, killing 5.

Wayne Ellis of Allen, Texas This is a perfect example to support allowing licensed people to carry guns on college campuses and even into classrooms as well as everywhere else. This shooter would have been killed before he could have gotten off more than two shots if other people there had been allowed to legally carry weapons.

Yes, lets give everyone guns and allow them to carry them where ever they go to help stop fun violence. That makes total sense.

My Sociology of Crime and Deviance professor told us about a study on the very first day of his course. He described how in this study people were asked certain questions and there would be an object in the corner of the room; a flower, spoon etc. However, when a gun was placed in the corner of the room, the person gave more violent responses.

Whenever we have a school shooting or massacre or such, its always the same. FOXNews whines about how the liberals will all make this a gun control issue, CNN has a lot of meaningless chatter and so on. Meanwhile all the people making the comments on the CNN website are trying to place blame; its the parent's fault for not raising him better, its the psychologists fault for not monitoring him closer, its the media's fault for all the non stop coverage, its societies fault for not teaching people to love each other, its Hollywood's fault for all the gun violence they sell, its the government's fault that everyone else in the room wasn't carrying guns to shoot him with etc.

Instead of playing the blame game, why don't we just get rid of the one sure factor; the gun. Why is everyone so against making it more difficult to aquire a gun?? What's wrong, you'd rather have innocent people killed by people who should never have guns than just be more inconvenienced the next time you buy one?

Gun ownership is not a right. It is a privilege (one I'm not too keen on - Japan seems to be doing fine with no civilians holding guns) The screening process, and availability needs very badly to be restricted.

To everyone who complains that the right to bear arms is in the constitution hear this: The constitution was created at a time in which everyone was terrified the British would invade and wanted means to protect themselves. It really isn't relevant today.

On a lighter note, why must the "f" key be so close to the "g" key? Every time I write "gun" it turns into "fun".