There's another story in the news about some kid, who after feeling bullied, brought a 12-gauge shotgun to school and shot a kid. Thankfully, he was stopped by a teacher and a school counselor before he had a chance to turn the gun on two more intended targets.
After tragedies like this, the movie theater catastrophe last summer and the slaughter of twenty school children before Christmas, I don't understand why people, gun enthusiasts included, don't see that there's an obvious problem with firearms. "It's our right to own guns!" they say, "The Second Amendment* says so..."
In previous blogs, I've stated how I was bullied in school growing up. I never once considered grabbing a shotgun from home and blowing those kids away. Of course, I lived on a farm and rode a school bus into the city, where I was schooled, so it would've been quite an ordeal to smuggle a rifle to school unbeknownst. That or the fact that, even to this day, I have no idea how to load a shotgun with shells. I believe my dad kept the shells up on a shelf and I was too short to reach them anyway. But I digress. The thought of blowing them away, never even entered my highly imaginative mind.
Of course, we live in a world that needs to direct blame on someone else, rather than owning up to our own gaffes. Just as guns get the blame for school shootings, so would pro wrestling or baseball be blamed for a kids whacking off kids with a Louisville Slugger and not the fact that the social cliques in our schools are seriously fractured.
I realize that these statements make it sound like I'm condoning school violence. I'm NOT!!! Really!! Believe me, the whole premise of using "vigilante justice" to get even with school bullies, is completely alien and retarded, in my opinion. Especially in an era where "anti-bullying" is very trendy. All a troubled student need do, nowadays, is go to a school counselor or teacher and report the bullying incident. If the school official fails to take the problem seriously, the bullied teen can simply add the words, "I'm feeling 'shooty'...!" That ought to grab someone's attention.
After tragedies like this, the movie theater catastrophe last summer and the slaughter of twenty school children before Christmas, I don't understand why people, gun enthusiasts included, don't see that there's an obvious problem with firearms. "It's our right to own guns!" they say, "The Second Amendment* says so..."
(*Second Amendment of the United States Constitution)
Isn't it funny how there's 27 amendments in the U.S. Constitution, but people seem to only remember that one, or the first when they want to shoot their mouths off, or the fifth when they wish not to incriminate themselves in a court of law.
When these tragedies occur and all the zealots are exclaiming there Second Amendment rights, I'm a little confused as to why NO ONE HAS REALIZED that the Second Amendment was proposed in 1789 and enacted in 1791, when a gun consisted of loading a lead ball into a barrel packed with batten and gun powder. Of course it would've made sense to own more than one rifle. Especially with the threat of foreign invasion looming over your head. If the suggestion would've been made to the forefathers of the great nation of the United States, that one day there would be guns made that could shoot off 25 bullets within two seconds* of time, their unusually small and narrow minds would've strung you up for heresy. I guarantee, however, that if there were a time machine available and any one of the founding fathers were brought to modern day America, that Second Amendment would read a little differently.
(*I just watched an episode of Mythbusters, where a Tech 9's magazine (25 bullets) was emptied in just 2 seconds...)
In previous blogs, I've stated how I was bullied in school growing up. I never once considered grabbing a shotgun from home and blowing those kids away. Of course, I lived on a farm and rode a school bus into the city, where I was schooled, so it would've been quite an ordeal to smuggle a rifle to school unbeknownst. That or the fact that, even to this day, I have no idea how to load a shotgun with shells. I believe my dad kept the shells up on a shelf and I was too short to reach them anyway. But I digress. The thought of blowing them away, never even entered my highly imaginative mind.
As I recall, one time, while cornered by a bully, I did grab a large stick that was close by. That seemed to fend them off long enough to escape to safety. This memory prompts me to wonder why these troubled kids, don't just resort to bringing a Louisville Slugger to school to take care of business. A baseball bat would prove to be much more personal when attacking their attackers. Shooting them from a distance, seems like the cowardly way out.
Of course, we live in a world that needs to direct blame on someone else, rather than owning up to our own gaffes. Just as guns get the blame for school shootings, so would pro wrestling or baseball be blamed for a kids whacking off kids with a Louisville Slugger and not the fact that the social cliques in our schools are seriously fractured.
I realize that these statements make it sound like I'm condoning school violence. I'm NOT!!! Really!! Believe me, the whole premise of using "vigilante justice" to get even with school bullies, is completely alien and retarded, in my opinion. Especially in an era where "anti-bullying" is very trendy. All a troubled student need do, nowadays, is go to a school counselor or teacher and report the bullying incident. If the school official fails to take the problem seriously, the bullied teen can simply add the words, "I'm feeling 'shooty'...!" That ought to grab someone's attention.
I've always thought communication was malformed and unreliable. In most cases, referring to my own experience, the reports go unresolved and lost in the jumble of everyday lives. These days, communication is a vital necessity. Whether it be with a teacher, a parent, or whomever.
The student, that I mentioned at the top of this page, who was shot by that kid with the shotgun, is in hospital recovering. Hopefully they will survive this ordeal and won't be permanently affected by the ordeal. The teacher and counselor who distracted and disarmed the shooter are, today, understandably shaken. At the time they didn't know if he would add them to the list of casualties (or worse), but knew something had to be done to stop him. They don't want to be referred to as "heroes", although their acts were heroic. And as for the kid who brought his shotgun to school, officials say he will be tried as an adult.
Ironically, he felt victimized and bullied, hence his acting out so violently. If convicted, he will go to prison where he's going to really be bullied by fellow inmates, bullied up his ass. That boy's going to be someone's bitch, this much is certain...
The student, that I mentioned at the top of this page, who was shot by that kid with the shotgun, is in hospital recovering. Hopefully they will survive this ordeal and won't be permanently affected by the ordeal. The teacher and counselor who distracted and disarmed the shooter are, today, understandably shaken. At the time they didn't know if he would add them to the list of casualties (or worse), but knew something had to be done to stop him. They don't want to be referred to as "heroes", although their acts were heroic. And as for the kid who brought his shotgun to school, officials say he will be tried as an adult.
Ironically, he felt victimized and bullied, hence his acting out so violently. If convicted, he will go to prison where he's going to really be bullied by fellow inmates, bullied up his ass. That boy's going to be someone's bitch, this much is certain...
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