pulse shooting in orlando, FL

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

You can blame what happened on terrorism, on intolerance for other sexualities, or ISIS or whatever. They are huge issues and they all contributed. But the whole world has those same problems. In the Western world, it's only in the US that mass shootings happen again and again and again. It's a gun control issue and as long as people want to fight for their right to have guns and blame the problem on everything else under the sun, it will just keep happening over and over. If the mass shooting of children didn't change the way the lawmakers view things, nothing will, especially not shooting up a gay nightclub.

To an outsider like me, the whole gun thing seems ridiculous. Seeing anyone with a gun in public (which means a police officer, here), makes me uneasy just because I don't like the idea that they can take my life in a split second if they decide to, from far away, for no reason or for any reason they want. I would never ever feel safe knowing that civilians could carry weapons around. You lock your doors at night because you don't trust your neighbour not to rob you. So why would you trust them with a weapon that can take your life in an instant without you even knowing they were there? Think of all the complete imbeciles you know. Think of all the jerks and horrible people. Are you glad they can own guns? I would gladly give up my gun if it meant no one else had one. I can't even begin to understand it, but I do understand it's a part of US culture that some people feel strongly about, and therefore not something likely to change. :(

And yes I realise black market etc., if people really want one they will get one etc., and that it all seems impossible to change how things are. But other countries have managed it. And countries with strict gun control have way less issues so it must work enough to be worthwhile, even if it only stops half the shootings. It won't happen though, because the pro-gun people pay politicians to prevent it.

And yeah on the actual issue, it's pretty bad that a guy who was on the FBI watch list for a time was able to get a job as a security guard AND access to weapons. Like the least they could do is not allow people suspected of sympathising with terrorists access to a gun FOR HIS JOB! ~_~