SO again there has been another school shooting. Again, we are talking about gun control. Again, we are talking about mental illness. Again, again, again…
How much more can we take? How many more lives have to end for us to realize that there is something seriously wrong with our society and culture????
We can all debate gun control laws till we are blue in the face. And while I am a firm believer in the 2nd amendment… I also believe that everyday citizens should not have access to assault rifles. I don’t see a need for anyone, other than our armed forces or other security personal, to own and operate an assault rifle. Coming from a state with pretty strict gun laws, I’m not certain as to why other states are not creating and supporting stricter laws that make it more difficult to access specific types of weapons.
And we can talk and talk about mental illness… which IS a topic I think we need to confront more. Obviously mental illness is prevalent and a worthy topic to discuss.
But when are we going to start talking about our culture?
I don’t think this is just a gun/mental health issue. I think we are looking at a culture of humans who have somehow removed themselves from empathy… from having connections to others…
We have become a culture of instant gratification. We no longer have patience. We are no longer educated on how to handle our differences… we are actually a culture that has been screaming out our differences for quite some time.
I feel as if humanity is lacking some core morals… and without these fundamentals, we might just extinguish our race.
So why are we not addressing this as a cultural issue? Why are we not looking at the whole picture?
A song by Luke Bryan says, “I believe if you just go by the nightly news, your faith in all mankind would be the first thing you loose.” And I agree. The news sheds a very bleak picture of our existence. But only we can change that. Only we can change the culture that we are raising our kids in.
As Bryan also says, “I believe most people are good.” Anne Frank said the same thing. I say the same thing. I believe in the good of humanity. But I also believe that we need to work together as a society, as a culture to change the direction we are headed. It’s time to look real deep within our selves and within our culture and find the problems that are plaguing us. We need to fix us or else this won’t be the last time we hear of another mass shooting… But it might lead to the end of humanity.
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