Yet Again............

There was a church shooting in Knoxville recently. My heart goes out to the folks and their families. Thankfully, some brave souls took the guy down while unarmed. And they say that courage is dead in our increasingly lazy, selfish, and materialistic society.....

And now, I'm waiting for the inevitable fallout (thanks to the anti-gun media and lobbyist).

If there isn't, considering the fact that odds are good that a "progressive" (i.e. "modern" liberal) will make it into the White House (with a strongly Democratic Congress), I will be shocked. Blood is good for totalitarian agendas, who sometimes hide their true intent with "good intentions".

However you, dear readers, won't ever see me hold my breath, hoping that the whiners who bleat for Big Brother and Big Mommy will ever get it. More infringing gun laws aren't the answer. But politicians will continue to shovel "feel good" bullshit to the sheeple, to secure votes and their political positions of power. It would be nice to see an honest politico come right out and say that there are no easy answers, and some things can't always be prevented, no matter what steps you take to stop problems before they happen.

But "honest" and "politician" are oxymorons.

And bad things happening to good people, while sad, is a part of life. Deal with it.

Nutcases flipping out, and committing acts of violence, have been around forever. And while instances of something like this are thankfully rare (although the media would have you believe, in their sensational reporting, that stuff like this is an "epidemic"), it's going to happen. And in the most unlikely of places. The only thing we can do is have law enforcement be prepared for it, and that law abiding citizens take measures to ensure their defense against such criminals.

But unfortunately, the Establishment keeps it's head up it's big fat ass. We still have "gun free zones" (aka: "criminal safety zones"), many of our schools still have poor security, and there are still many places where lawful CCW holders can't carry. As if the crooks, dopers, and crazies will abide by such restrictions. That leaves the decent people in those areas perfect targets for the perpetrators of illegal violence. Just like that father in Minnesota who had his head bashed open, when he tried to stop six head of punks from fondling his twelve year old daughter. The mall in question proudly proclaimed that it was a "gun free zone".

I apologize for sounding so fucking callous today. But the truth isn't always pleasant. However, people want something/someone to blame. And in these cases, it's guns, gun ownership, honest gun owners, and the "Evil Gun Lobby". It's easier to pass blame, and infringe on the rights of the honest folk, than to admit that there are no easy answers and actually WORK to solve (or reduce the impact of) the root causes of such crimes/tragedies.

No rampant anti-gun propaganda, due to this tragedy, has reached my ears as of yet. But consider this a "preemptive" rant of a sort.

Wake up America, and actually use the brains that God put between those ears. THINK and use COMMON SENSE. We are supposed to be a proud nation of strong people. And a thinking people are a powerful people.

Guns aren't the problem. Gun owners aren't the problem. The NRA and other gun rights groups aren't the problem. It's the lack of individual responsibility and decay of character resulting from societal decay and/or change. Let's work on these problems America, and quit passing the buck and believing in quick and easy fixes for every fucking thing. Life isn't about convenience.