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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Accidentally Mass Murdering
SINCE MASS SHOOTINGS HAPPEN in Ameria on average about once a day, its difficlut to keep up. A recent one was a bit unusual, and highlights the potential problem of maintaining a society in which your average citizen is well armed. Most, indeed the vast majority of these horrible events seems to be the result of planning, usually rather detailed, elaboarte planning which takes shape over a period of time. Sponteneous mass shootings seem to be rather rather. But the one just north of Housteon, in which man from Honduras was firing his AR15 in his back yard late at night, was certainly spontaneous. He was drunk, and the noise was terrifying the neighbors, especially a baby trying to sleep. A neighborly request that he cease and desist turned ugly, and he killed five of them, including children. Prior to this horrible incident, nobody suspected the man of beign someone who becaue of his mental characteristics should not be allowed to own an assault rifle, or if they did, it certainly wasn't reported and acted upon. Quite the opposite, apparently. For this man to own this weapn was, for all intents and purposes, accepted by, sanctioned by society in general. One of the "good people", deemed qualified to own a powerful weapon, who gets very angry very unexpectedly and quickly, and, as they say, goes off. The question is: of all the tensof millions of Amerians who similarly own powerful firearms, how many more spontaneous mass murderers are out there, lurking, unwittigly waiting for just that precise trigger moment...Is not necesssrily the psychotic or habitual criminal who tragically, illegally gets his hands on a firearm about whom we should concern ourselves. Its the rest of us, the tens of millions of good, "normal" people who own and carry, legally. Because out from this teeming horde of well armed citizenry will inevitably emerge that suddenly angry motorist or impatient persons tanding in line too long. The opportunities are too many, the circumstances too numerous. This go get 'em hustle bustle every man for himself society we have here in these United States is tailor-made for resentment, alienation, anger, and violence. And we have created the perfect environment fo it to ferment, build, and explode...
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