The problem

  Once again I'm hearing about a school shooting. This time it was a young girl with a handgun. The "ban guns" people are screaming once again, insisting that will solve the problem. If no one has guns, no one can shoot anyone. Yes, that's true, but with an estimated 393 million firearms in the country that isn't going to happen! The idea that it would is just ridiculous. Some are saying just ban the ammunition. Again, another brilliant plan. The public owns, as a estimate, a few trillion rounds, could be more. Yeah, stop selling bullets, then no one will shoot anyone or anything. Well, because if we make something illegal, no one will break the law. And no one knows how to make their own. And they wouldn't be able to if they did, we will ban selling anything associated with doing that. Just ban it all! We will ban the books that tell us how to do that! Now, there's the answer! Ban all information concerning firearms in book form or digital form. Just ban it!

  Of course the government should keep and bear arms, how else can they control the public? The government, and the government alone will determine who gets shot. You can still elect whoever you want, that wouldn't change, but after that there is nothing you can do. Try to protest, just try it. Get your sticks and stones, bricks and bottles, we have the guns. What is your defense? Well, it is the second amendment to the constitution that is that defense. That is the reason for it, plain and simple. The only thing you are really voting for is who controls the guns. Maybe the ones currently controlling that won't want to give them up. What are you going to do about that? Call them names, say they are mean and that you feel marginalized? It's very distressing. 

  Here's a news flash for you, you can purchase anything you want if you have the money. Yes, even things that are illegal! I know, it's shocking to think that there are those that would sell illegal products. And those products don't even have to be made in this country. It is possible to buy illegal items from foreign sources. How are we going to ban gun sales worldwide? No one, except government forces, can own, buy, sell or trade in firearms. It's a global thing. A new world order. I'm certain everyone will agree to that. I'm certain no one would break that law. Guns would virtually disappear from private ownership. Back to sword fights. Well, maybe we should ban those while we are at it. No blade longer than three inches allowed. The Federal Switchblade Act of 1958 does prohibit the: Importation of switchblade knives, Interstate commerce of switchblade knives, and Mailing of switchblades through the U.S. Postal Service. They are not illegal to own or carry.

I'm certain not one switchblade knife has been imported, transported across state lines or mailed since.
That act was passed by congress due to public pressure. Hollywood was showing youths in leather jackets using those switchblade knives. Something had to be done to curb the violence. If you can't import them, take them across state lines or mail them, that should stop it. Hey where would some teenagers get those dangerous weapons? No sense saying they are illegal to own or carry though, they already have them. I guess back in 1958 congress still had some common sense left. No one was going to turn in their switchblades. And the thing was, they were available and would remain available to anyone with a desire to own one.
 As far as stopping these school shootings there is little that can be done beyond increased security and
screening. It is the lack of accountability that is at the root of this. Morality and religion are closely
related but independent of each other. It is accountability, punishment that is the deterrent. Immediate
punishment is the strongest deterrent of all. When the perception becomes there is no punishment
only self gratification or satisfaction, there is nothing to stop the person from acting. Without fear of
reprisal or accountability, without any belief in the soul, only self interest motivates the person. It all
begins in the home. That is where this has to be addressed. It begins with the family. A man, a woman
and their children. Mutual love and respect for one another. It is the only way we learn to love others.
The state of the American family is being reflected in society. That's the problem.