Life is such a fragile, beautiful thing, yet there are people in this world who are willing to take a life like it is nothing. The shooting today in Newton, Connecticut is yet another reminder that this world is full of real life monsters. What happened today was terrible. Terrible doesn't even cover it. Horrific, maybe?
What about preventable?
I'm no expert on gun control and I sure as hell wasn't there when they thought up the 2nd Amendment, but I know for a fact that you can't give me a good reason why a US citizen needs an Ak-47. You will never sell me on that, ever. You just won't. Gun collector, I don't give a damn. I don't care if your grandfather created the damn thing. YOU DON'T NEED ONE.
I won't rant about gun control, but I do think something needs to be done. I'm all for hunting for sport. But when the wrong guns get into the hands of the wrong people, human beings become the game and that's not the way it's supposed to be.
What this shooting really made me think about wasn't gun control or what is wrong with people, rather it made me think about standing for something.
I think that there comes a certain time in a person's life where they have to commit to a cause.
I just want to commit to something before I lose someone. Naturally you would stand for a cause after losing someone to that cause (i.e. gun control because of a shooting or cancer research because of cancer).
I'm sure many of those kids' parents will become advocates of gun control after today's tragedy. There's nothing wrong with that. I'd just rather be proactive.
For now I'll say a prayer, to whoever it is I believe in. Saying a prayer isn't enough though. If I want change I have to act. I need a cause and need it soon.
You're here, you have this life, so why not stand for something?
There are twenty kids who won't get the chance to stand for something after what happened today.
So if for nothing else stand for those kids. They deserve it.
NP: Sweet Nothing- Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch
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