Guns

A gun is a killing machine, nothing more. It is not a toy and should never be given to children as one. Guns are not things that kids need to wield as fun toys, bang bang you're dead haha.  Bang, bang, you're dead, translates into this thing given as a fun toy but it is actually the symbol of a killing object. What message does it lend?  Pandering to  parental ideas  that it's okay to give a kid a gun as a toy is just all morally and practically, wrong. Toy guns are symbols of  killing machines and to deny that, is just plain ignorant. The word "ignorant" is probably not the correct word, because "ignorant" means not knowing and everyone knows what guns do. There are those who poo poo the idea of not giving kids guns because they did it when they played cowboy and it did no harm. How do they know  it didn't cause harm?  Even cowboys take guns very seriously. The cowboy may use them to perhaps shoot at other animals that do harm to their flocks.  Guns are used in wars and few people. even the military and police work who use them do so lightly. For normal people, including the military and policemen, the killing of a human being, even the enemy, is a heart-rending act. Abnormal people see it another way perhaps, but we are creatures on earth that do not go about killing each other or shouldn't. We are all, no matter what our roots, the same creature. We look after each other, and those who don't fit, are regarded not as the enemy but as those who need extra help. It might sound namby pamby to some who think that solving social problems is a matter of shooting them down, but it's not. The  human way is to protect our kind. Human kind is all one kind, whether we get into the colour of skin matters or not. We are the same. "Peel us" as my dad used to say, and we're all the same. We have beating hearts and brains and lungs and so on. We live, we survive, we procreate. We are one kind. Guns do not give power to anyone. They are made, if needed, to be used   wisely and well, knowing what is humane and decent. To use guns, or killing machines as control is wrong. All wrong. If a wild animal attacks, there are other methods to try first, and only at the very last resort are killer guns are used. They are lethal solutions in lethal situations. Guns against guns. Police work is social work, not power wielding but doing so with serious consideration and heart-felt thought. The forces that must enter dangerous situations need adequate preparation and people, not those lightly trained, but those with specialized education carried out with forethought. Time is often of  the essence and entering a dangerous venue, those wielding power, must be highly trained and have the right kind of personality to cope with  such situations. To equip persons thrown into this kind of scenario, takes time and money to educate the men and women who must do it, and that education is vital. If it isn't done, someone is going to come out harmed one way or another and lives can be lost tragically and needlessly. A gun is just too easy to fire. There are other methods of control and tasing if done, while cruel is often effective, but not always. Guns are not the next logical step. More scope in using methods of control are a need and that's up to higher powers than those lightly trained people who are sent out to deal with situations well beyond abilities. Those who must go are the ones blamed, but I contend that much of the blame belongs to those who do the "sending". Tragedies happen that, if the right things were done before the events happen, perhaps they wouldn't happen. We must find ways to take the time and effort to stop mistakes like this.