Yesterday, in
Washington, DC, there was a shooting at the National
Zoo. Two
gangs were
fighting and
throwing
bottles at each other and gunfire erupted. 6 kids were caught in the middle (or so the latest news report says). So far one has died.
And i already hear people in the media using this as an argument for stricter
gun control laws.
AND I WANT TO
SCREAM. GUNS ARE
ILLEGAL IN DC. this is the most clearly
hypocritical example to use. gun control exists here at it's most
extreme.
citizens may not own guns (with very few
exceptions:
cops, etc). the fact that
teenagers have them (and
use them) is only more
proof that the laws don't work. or am i missing something?
i can hear people
shouting at me (i've heard it before) that guns come into dc from states with lax gun laws. fine, says i. make the
gun laws in dc stretch across the us. the guns will come in from
mexico and
canada any anywhere else in the world that can find a way to get it here to earn a
quick,
fat,
american dollar. kinda like
drugs, which are also
illegal.
i should move somewhere else.
america is begining to
suck really bad. not only because of these
laws which keep infringing upon my ability to live my
life as i want to, but because of the stupidity of the
arguments they use to
prove their case, NOT TO MENTION the fact that so many americans buy into that
stupidity,
willingly.
bah bah AND bah again! it is 1am. it is now time to get off my
angry soapbox (having adequately explained my feelings) and finish reading
Almost Transparent Blue by
Ryu Murakami then go to bed.