Thursday, June 18, 2015

Being A Killer, or Becoming One, Suddenly

FOR WEBSITES DEVOTED at least party to global events and to commenting on them, the world is currently a fertile field. Another mass murder, for example ho hum, in the land of milk n' honey, in the United States, again, and we just don't hear much talk about anger and alienation in a well armed capitalistic/competitive society, and the inevitable consequences of this stressful combination. To have the right to be armed is far more important and beneficial than actually being armed, it might seem. Perhaps some "inherent" constitutional rights are best left unexercised, without fear of losing them. - do we all really have to pack and carry lethal weapons all the time to exercise the right to do so, or to protect ourselves? Sure, if someone, or everyone, in the congregation in South Carolina among the nine dead had been armed, the violence might have been truncated. Or, it might have been increased, depending on specifics, such as the actions of the other gun carrying citizens. (didn't work out too well in Texas, among the biker gangs, those good, god fearing conservative upright far right citizens). But what about the "law abiding" people who are armed in defense against killers? What's to keep them from using their weapons wrongfully, deadly? A belief in their inherent "goodness?" A criminal background check? Killers often suddenly spring forth from among the well armed law abiding people, strangely enough. It is truly amazing how quickly previously law abiding people can become killers. Jes sayin....

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