Imma Stab Yo Ass

Excuse my grammar, I don't usually speak that way. Haha.
Thing is though in my English class today we talked about gun control and my one problem with the argument is that it always seems to be to one extreme or the other. We either have to be gun slingers or no guns at all, what ever happened to meeting in the middle? I think that's the one thing we've forgotten as Americans in general. Hell, I know I have, I'm used to my way or the highway. Unfortunately there'd be billions of "highways" with no clear direction if the world worked that way. Onto my point.

I bet your wondering why I would name my blog something so violent and direct. Well to simply put it: violence isn't limited to any one weapon particularly guns. I understand that guns can desensitize any individual and allow them to be a little more detached from the crime but at any rate PEOPLE pull the triggers not the guns themselves. I mean mysterious little ghosts don't just pull the triggers. I agree that they probably should be a little more regulated but the fact remains that regardless of regulations 'imma git chu' one way or another.'  If the extremists on the left get their way then a clean sweep of guns will be done and people should be a lot safer. Not. Sorry. Because next thing you know everyone will carry around little sheaths with hunting (or bigger) knives. True you have to be closer to stab someone than you ever would with a gun but still if I want you gone I got chu. Maybe people will get like some street gangs and carry around machetes, won't that be great. And then the people will outcry again saying that the knives killed people and government will obey our wishes and sweep them off the market too and force you to cut your Thanksgiving turkey with kitchen scissors (imagine that!). Then we'll be back to the old school weapons like crowbars, bats, golf clubs,etc. hell we can throw in sharpened tree branches. These too will be regulated and registered as the people outcry about people getting bludgeoned to death. And finally we'll be relegated back to good ole fashioned fist fights. And one day your fists too will have numbers imprinted on them to make sure they don't magically knock a homie out. Take a breath.

Well this scenario is the EXTREME "utopia" view and I pray that it'll never go as far as that but here's my second point: people need to STOP blaming guns and look at themselves when it comes to peoples misfortunates and mishaps. I understand that small children don't know the difference but once again instead of blaming guns maybe parents should stop dishing their responsibilities to television and teach their kids some common sense and ON TOP OF THAT put your colt .45 in a damn LOCK SAFE. or in a place you know for certain your kid can't get to (for YOU barely remember it's there) and I'm not talking about the top of your closet. Honestly though with good parenting your kid shouldn't even want to touch a gun because my grandparents had guns my entire life (even when I lived with them) and I never felt the urge to play with it.

My overall goal is just to show the American people that in cases like this regulation won't do a damn thing to stop the violence, it's just like kids in search of the next 'cool' trend, illusive and once grasped dropped for the next thing. Trust me the limiting of guns won't stop people from killing each other, they'll do that anyways. It'll just stop people from buying guns.

***this is in no way endorsing the sale of machine guns or other extremely dangerous weapons, those SHOULD be regulated. This is just to address the argument that "guns kill."***

&& I'm out.
-- lexy.