I heard a
spokesperson for the Australian Greens respond with the question, how many
sharks do we have to kill to make it safe? Is it 10, 20 or do we need to kill
every shark to make it safe to swim in the beach?
My next
question may be overly dramatic, even silly, but none the less, I will pose it
just the same.
How many
children and teachers have to be shot and killed in American schools before
they are safe? Will schools be safe again when all are deceased?
Silly and
dramatic question but as I sit in my comfortable office, 10 or more thousand
kilometres from America, I am dumb founded that this so called great country
can continue to see NO correlation between criminal killing by firearm and
their right to bear firearms.
To the best
of my knowledge, the mass slaughter of citizens by another citizen for no
religious or military reason happens nowhere else but America.
President
Trump quite correctly was quick to express his condolences and to tweet
outrage. But he also referenced a need to improve mental health management.
He is right
about mental health management however how does a 19 year old with no obvious
or stated need for a high powered fire arm, legally purchase one including an
accessory that makes it more dangerous. (according to reports)
I get the
power of the gun owner lobbies and the money they use to fund campaigns, or
campaigns against anti gun owner rights candidates, but at what point can we
expect change to happen. When will Politicians do the right thing, stand united
irrespective of political persuasion and say enough people have been shot, in
classrooms.
President
Trump claims to be the drainer of the swamp, the President most independent from
outside influence and most immune to corporate and other donations. Surely, he
is the one who can make change happen and forever be remembered in history as
the greatest reformer ever.
Or, does
every shark have to be killed before it is safe to go back in the ocean?
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