It's time to accept the reality of guns in our society. [View all]

[kentuck]

More and more people will continue to die in these types of incidents. Some sick mother f*#%er will shoot a bunch of innocent people for no obvious reason.

The reality is that people kill people. The reality is that guns kill people. The reality is that people with guns kill people. All three previous sentences are the reality - not just one of them.

It is time for all sides to understand that there must be limits to what you can do with your guns. Most people do not want to go out to eat and be interrupted by some asshole walking in, that they don't know from Adam, with an automatic weapon or some type of long-range rifle. That is crossing the fucking line. The paranoia of some gun owners is scary as hell.

The argument that "they" will protect themselves and other occupants, if there is an incident like at Luby's in Texas, is nothing but bullshit. The "average" gun-owner, in many folks' eyes, are dangerous with their paranoia and political beliefs. Still, most folks are more tolerant of the 2nd Amendment rights than they are of the other rights in the Bill of Rights, for example, the First, the Fourth, and the Fifth. Unfortunately, much of this "toleration" comes out of fear. Average people are fearful of strangers with guns around their families. If not jack-booted thugs, they are doing the work of jack-booted thugs. A citizenry that lives in fear is vulnerable to losing all their rights.

Some of these gun-owners, hopefully not the majority, must understand that they are doing the work of the powerful government that they profess to hate. It is much easier to get the NRA involved in political protest than the National Guard or the US military. It is my opinion that they are being used by this same government to keep a certain amount of fear amongst the people, as well as control the political agenda. Just my opinion.