The news is so full of BAD news these days, bomb blasts and a few deaths here and there do not disturb me all that much. But as I looked at Minal's orkut profile I had tears streaming down my eyes. I have nothing new to say. I just hope her mother survives the shock. It has just been one week, I think that Minal's mother has been visiting her. What the South Korean immigrant did we all know, but my question is why a democracy that acted/still acts as an example to newer nations allows availability of guns so easily to its citizens ?
Watch this docu-feature 'Bowling for Columbine.' Directed by Michael Moore. Shock of all shocks - Open a bank account and get a rifle FREE. That is what the feature starts with. Michael does open an account with this bank and he does get a rifle FREE. You heard me right. Not a candy, a RIFLE. In Michigan you can go to a Walmart and buy guns and bullets. Probably coming from India, the culture of having freedom to own arms does not quite sink in me, but why should it ? I have heard people in Bihar, in Allahabad carry guns, arbit shoot outs happen. If the same happens in USA, it is indeed deplorable. With number of clinically depressed people so high in a country, GUNS should not be easily attainable commodities.
'Guns give me power, a sense of protection.' B.U.L.L. S.H.I.T.
'As long as I am showing it, I should be allowed to carry it.' SORRY - This is not the imagery for a safe society and if we do not VISIBLY feel safe, we cannot get SAFETY.
I think this a good time for any of the factions in US politics to take a stand against possession of weapons. Confused kids like CHOW, apart from all other things are mindful of the publicity they make. (REMEMBER SEVEN, Kevin Spacey's big dream was that EVERYONE would talk about HIM ans his murders) The media is covering the case very well, too well for my comfort. So much publicity only makes people like CHOW want to get publicity the wrong way. (If you are not used to American media I advocate for being very rational in my conclusion and hence a trustworthy source) The attention should be focused on the root cause - WHERE did he get that GUN ?
2 comments:
Came here from some other blog.
The point is, gun control is a very complex issue. On one had it feels very logical that guns should mostly be banned, and insane kids wont be able to access them from any store legally. However, on the other side, you hear thea nti gun control people yelling that if every American could have carried a gun, we could have avoided such a heavy toll. Insane? Maybe. But the scary part is, they actually guve real examples where a mass murderer was stopped by gun carrying citizens!
Read my take on the episode.
Thanks...I agree completely it is a complex issue but a start has to be made somewhere (even if at some cost) to restore to life the normalcy that it deserves..
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