Re: My statement on Virginia Tech shootings...
I'd like to say a few things about what ya'll have been debating over the past couple days.
1. Most important I'd like to offer my condolance for those who were killed, injured, their families and friends. Also to the family of the professor who let himself be killed in order to protect his student's you have my respect and admiration.
2. I think that our gun laws do need change, it defineitly needs to be a lot harder to get a gun. Some are going to aregue that by making gun laws tougher it penalizes average folk who want or need weapons either for defense or recreation. I say yes it will be tougher for law abiding folk but if it makes it tougher then if you truely are a law abiding citizen than how can you object.
3. Although there is something about the nation and world's reaction to this that does have me a bit upset. People always say that every human life is just as important but that's really just pure BS. I don't know about the rest of the country but in the last couple years Boston's homicide rate has risen to a 10 or so year high. If you truely want to feel bad for a victim why not the families of kids gunned down in our cities in poor areas. Do we have a moment of silence for every kid who's killed no it's only for those who were killed in a 'horrific' massive shooting. I feel for the victims and their families but I feel more for kids who are getting killed because they're in a city park during the middle of the day. I feel for the 11 year old kid who's bringing a knife to school. However there are two differences between the two. The kids who are getting shjot on our streets have two things in common they are poor and black. Whereas the people killed in Virginia are of all races and can afford to go to a good collage. If you want to prove that you really do care about those who are killed and never truely honored than read through a local newspaper daily and see how many local poor kids had been killed and how many are ever mentioned again.
I'd like to say a few things about what ya'll have been debating over the past couple days.
1. Most important I'd like to offer my condolance for those who were killed, injured, their families and friends. Also to the family of the professor who let himself be killed in order to protect his student's you have my respect and admiration.
2. I think that our gun laws do need change, it defineitly needs to be a lot harder to get a gun. Some are going to aregue that by making gun laws tougher it penalizes average folk who want or need weapons either for defense or recreation. I say yes it will be tougher for law abiding folk but if it makes it tougher then if you truely are a law abiding citizen than how can you object.
3. Although there is something about the nation and world's reaction to this that does have me a bit upset. People always say that every human life is just as important but that's really just pure BS. I don't know about the rest of the country but in the last couple years Boston's homicide rate has risen to a 10 or so year high. If you truely want to feel bad for a victim why not the families of kids gunned down in our cities in poor areas. Do we have a moment of silence for every kid who's killed no it's only for those who were killed in a 'horrific' massive shooting. I feel for the victims and their families but I feel more for kids who are getting killed because they're in a city park during the middle of the day. I feel for the 11 year old kid who's bringing a knife to school. However there are two differences between the two. The kids who are getting shjot on our streets have two things in common they are poor and black. Whereas the people killed in Virginia are of all races and can afford to go to a good collage. If you want to prove that you really do care about those who are killed and never truely honored than read through a local newspaper daily and see how many local poor kids had been killed and how many are ever mentioned again.
